Wang Reaches 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 Quarters

Beijing, China

SKIP
Rui
Wang

Third
Yu
Han

Second
Ziqi
Dong

Lead
Ying
Yang

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.63
PA/G:	7.37
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). of the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 in Gangneung, Korea;

Wang finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, USA) 5-4, then won 9-4 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) and 8-6 against Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR). Wang went on to lose 6-5 against Fujisawa in their final qualifying round match.

Wang earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Gangneung Invitational 2025. Wang move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 12.75 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 154.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wang ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	51	28	0	0.646	3-0	4-3	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	607	526	352	8.67	5.80	2.87	4.98	3.74	1.74	1.55	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	279	316	72	39	4-0	30-2	57-11	1.13	0.26	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	328	210	280	39	8-2	15-18	32-67	0.64	0.85	0.49	0.36

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