[4] In April, he earned a place in the European Tour Event 1 in Vienna by defeating Keith Stephen and Nigel Heydon in the UK qualifier.
[11] Rand qualified for the 2013 World Championship by finishing 37th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit,[12] claiming the seventh of sixteen spots that were awarded to non-qualified players.
[13] He played the runner-up of the previous major, the Players Championship Finals, Kim Huybrechts in the first round and came back from 2–1 down in sets to triumph 3–2 in a high quality match.
[16] Rand reached his first semi-final on the Pro Tour in almost a year in September at the eighth Players Championship which was undoubtedly highlighted with a 6–2 win against Michael van Gerwen in the second round.
[18][19] Rand played in all six of the 2014 UK Open qualifiers but couldn't win beyond the last 128 in any of them as he failed to reach the main stage of the tournament for the first time since turning professional.