Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Maflin meriri egwuregwu atọ iji ruo agba ikpeazụ na iru eru maka abụọ n'ime ihe omume ise mbụ nke oge 2012/2013. Ndị a bịara na Wuxi Classic ebe ọ tụfuru na mkpebi ikpe na Michael Holt, na International Championship ebe ọ tụfuru 2 <unk> 6 na Mark Davis. O jiri usoro ọhụụ ọhụụ eji eme ihe na German Masters, nke ọ ga-achọ iji merie egwuregwu abụọ iji gaa n'ihu na isi ihe na Berlin, site na iti Joel Walker na Tom Ford, na-ahapụ naanị otu etiti na usoro ahụ. N'ebe ahụ, Maflin meriri Xiao Guodong 5<unk>4, tupu Holt merie ya 3<unk>5 na 16 ikpeazụ. Maflin nwere oge dị ezigbo mma na obere ihe omume PTC, na nsonaazụ ya kachasị mma na-abịa na Gdynia Open na FFB Open, ebe Jamie Burnett na Rod Lawler kụrụ ya na nkeji iri na ise. N'ihe omume nke abụọ, Maflin nwere mmeri kachasị mma na ọrụ ya, site na ịlaghachi site na 0 <unk> 3 iji merie Neil Robertson n'ụdị egwuregwu na telivishọn. Ọ gakwara n'asọmpi 16 ikpeazụ nke
Scottish Open (na-eme akara nke abụọ ya kachasị elu n'ụzọ) iji nyere ya aka ịkwụsị 23rd na Order of Merit, n'ime 26 kachasị elu nke ruru eru maka Final. N'ebe ahụ, Maflin nwere ọsọ kachasị mma na ọkwa nke ọrụ ya site na imeri 1997 onye mmeri ụwa Ken Doherty 4 × 2, Lawler na Ben Woollaston ma 4 × 3 iji ruo ọkara ikpeazụ. Ọ gbara Ding Junhui ma merie ya na mmeri 0 <unk> 4, naanị ijikwa akara ngụkọta nke ihe 52 na egwuregwu ahụ dum. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, akwụkwọ ego nke £20,000 maka iru anọ ikpeazụ bụ nke kachasị elu na ọrụ ya ruo ugbu a. Maflin meriri Craig Steadman na Steve Davis iji ruo agba ikpeazụ nke asọmpi asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa. O duburu onye bụbu onye mmeri ụwa Peter Ebdon 8<unk>6 mana ọ tụfuru okpokoro anọ n'usoro ka a jụ ya ebe na World Championship maka oge mbụ. O buliri ọkwa ya site n'ọkwa asatọ n'afọ iji mechie ya n'ọkwa 64 n'ụwa.