Nakahara1-3 at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Toa
Nakahara

Third
Yota
Michitani

Second
Riku
Takemura

Lead
Yuta
Kimura

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	5.52
PA/G:	9.66
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.56
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Toa Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakahara lost 6-2 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-0 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Nakahara lost 8-7 to Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) where Nakahara responded with a 7-6 win over Yutaro Kasai (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Nakahara earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 61 spots the World Ranking Standings into 384th place overall with 1.500 total points. Nakahara ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.750 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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