Honda1-3 at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Hiroyuki
Honda

Third
Ryu
Yamamura

Second
Kazuyori
Koana

Lead
Syunya
Mizuuchi

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	5.86
PA/G:	11.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.59
Force Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

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

Honda earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 201st place overall with 9.750 total points. Honda ranks 48th 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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