Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Maflin ya lashe wasanni uku don isa zagaye na karshe a cikin cancantar shiga biyu daga cikin manyan wasanni biyar na gasar 2012/2013. Wadannan sun zo ne a cikin Wuxi Classic inda ya yi rashin nasara a cikin yanke shawara ga Michael Holt, da kuma Gasar Duniya inda ya yi rashin nasara 2<unk>6 ga Mark Davis. Ya yi amfani da sabon tsarin cancantar da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin Masters na Jamus, inda zai bukaci lashe wasanni biyu kawai don ci gaba zuwa babban mataki a Berlin, ta hanyar doke Joel Walker da Tom Ford, ya sauke kawai tsari guda daya a cikin tsari. A wurin taron Maflin ya doke Xiao Guodong 5<unk>4, kafin ya rasa 3<unk>5 ga Holt a cikin 16 na karshe. Maflin yana da kyakkyawan kakar wasa a cikin ƙananan abubuwan da suka faru na PTC, tare da mafi kyawun sakamakonsa na zuwa a Gdynia Open da FFB Open, inda Jamie Burnett da Rod Lawler suka buga shi a wasan kusa da na karshe. A cikin wannan taron na ƙarshe Maflin ya sami nasara mafi kyau a cikin aikinsa, ta hanyar dawowa daga 0<unk>3 don kayar da Neil Robertson a cikin wasan da aka watsa ta talabijin. Ya kuma kai wasan karshe na 16 na Scottish Open
(scoring na biyu mafi girma karya tare da hanyar) ya taimake shi gama 23rd a kan Order of Merit, a cikin saman 26 suka cancanci zuwa wasan karshe. A can, Maflin ya sami mafi kyawun gudu a cikin matsayi na aikinsa ta hanyar doke zakaran duniya na 1997 Ken Doherty 4 × 2, Lawler da Ben Woollaston duka 4 × 3 don isa wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya buga Ding Junhui kuma an yi nasara a cikin rashin nasara 0<unk>4, kawai ya sami damar zira kwallaye 52 a cikin duka wasan. Duk da haka, rajistar £ 20,000 don kaiwa hudu na karshe shine mafi girma a cikin aikinsa har zuwa yau. Maflin ya doke Craig Steadman da Steve Davis don ci gaba zuwa zagaye na karshe na gasar zakarun duniya. Ya jagoranci tsohon zakaran duniya Peter Ebdon 8<unk>6 amma ya rasa firam hudu a jere don a hana shi wuri a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a karon farko. Ya haɓaka matsayinsa ta wurare takwas a cikin shekara don ƙare shi a matsayin mai lamba 64 a duniya.