Aoki2-2 at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Ryo
Aoki

Third
Takuto
Ouchi

Second
Rio
Hayashi

Lead
Naoki
Kanazawa

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	6.43
PA/G:	8.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Ryo Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aoki lost 7-2 to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Aoki responded with a 7-4 win over Japan's Kantaro Kawano. Aoki won 7-4 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Aoki earned 1.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 116 spots the World Ranking Standings into 342nd place overall with 2.063 total points. Aoki ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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