Blain1-3 at 2023 Finale du Circuit

Aurele-Racine, Quebec

SKIP
Pier-Olivier
Blain

Third
Alexander
Lanteigne

Second
Frederic
Villiard

Lead
Frederic
Thibeault

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.40
PA/G:	11.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.50
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Pier-Olivier Blain (Aurele-Racine, QC) finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blain lost 7-5 to Mathieu Paquet (Quebec, QC), then responded with a 8-6 win over Raphael Patry (Kenogami, QC). Blain went on to lose 8-3 against Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC). Blain lost 8-0 to Mathieu Beaufort (Aurele-Racine, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Blain earned 0.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 418th place overall with 0.938 total points. Blain ranks 358th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	1	3	0	0.250	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	25	16	29	6.40	11.60	-5.20	4.40	5.60	1.45	2.07	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	14	10	11	0	0-0	0-1	3-2	0.71	0.79	0.21	0.50

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	11	6	18	0	0-2	0-2	2-0	0.55	1.64	0.43	0.36

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