Maeda Reaches 2023 MCT Challenge Semifinals

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Uryu
Kamikawa

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Asei
Nakahara

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	9.60
PA/G:	7.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) run at the 2023 MCT Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-2 loss to Jed Brundidge (Chaska, MN). of the 2023 MCT Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Maeda finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) 6-5, then won 10-2 against Brundidge and 6-2 against Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Maeda earned 3.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MCT Challenge. For week 7 of the event schedule, Maeda did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 94th to 95th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 36.000 total points. Maeda ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	38	18	0	0.679	14-5	4-5	2-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	400	359	254	8.98	6.35	2.63	4.88	4.00	1.84	1.59	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	196	248	75	25	10-1	23-4	44-10	1.27	0.38	0.45	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	204	111	179	20	1-4	8-12	16-34	0.54	0.88	0.54	0.37

2025: Braden Calvert
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2024: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Josh Claeys, Justin Twiss
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Jordon Johnson, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB

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