Hirata Runner-Up at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 6-5 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, held August 17 - 20, 2023 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Hirata won 4-3 over Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Hirata finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated Japan's Kantaro Kawano 8-3, then won 6-2 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) and 7-1 against Morozumi. Hirata went on to lose 7-4 against Ryo Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, Hirata take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $500,000CDN prize. Hirata move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 10.062 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 44th overall with 88.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hirata ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	22	0	0.621	9-5	0-3	1-3	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	374	313	232	8.37	6.20	2.17	4.71	3.96	1.78	1.57	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	177	226	46	23	9-0	19-2	40-8	1.28	0.26	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	197	87	186	27	2-3	6-13	12-36	0.44	0.94	0.54	0.28

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