Obihiro ICE Gold Cup -- Shingo Usui

Kitami, Japan

Fourth
Kohsuke
Hirata

SKIP
Shingo
Usui

Second
Daiki
Shikano

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	12.29
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) went 5-0 in the 12 team qualifying round. In their opening game, Usui defeated Sayaka Kimata (Nagoya, JPN) 13-1, then won 9-5 against Ryo Itsubo (Tokyo, JPN) and 9-5 against Nana Shukuya (Hokkaido, JPN). Usui won 7-6 against Kagetora Kawahira (Karuizawa, JPN). Usui won 5-4 against Arihito Kasahaea (Japan) in their final qualifying round match.

. Arihito Kasahaea (Japan) move up 33 spots after posting a net gain of 9.847 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 122th overall with 23.922 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Arihito Kasahaea (Japan) ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.769 points earned so far this season.

--Profile:11236--Week:5--TeamID:122638--Last Year:[1|1]--Event Count:[2|2]--Rank:[155|122]--Points:[14.075|23.922|net:9.847]

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	5	0	0	1.000	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	35	43	21	12.29	6.00	6.29	5.43	4.29	2.26	1.40	0.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	17	32	4	1	3-0	3-0	4-1	1.88	0.24	0.63	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	18	11	17	0	0-0	2-1	1-3	0.61	0.94	0.67	0.33

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