Farbelow6-2 at USA Men's Challenge Round

Minneapolis, Minnesota

SKIP
Mike
Farbelow

Third
Kevin
Deeren

Second
Kraig
Deeren

Lead
Tim
Solin

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.68
PA/G:	5.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN) finished 6-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Farbelow defeated Derek Surka (New Haven, CT) 7-2, then won 14-5 against Ryan Berg (West Fargo, ND). Farbelow went on to lose 7-3 against Peter Stolt (St. Paul, MN). Farbelow responded with a 8-4 win over John Benton (Medford, WI). Farbelow won 8-3 against Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN), then won 9-4 against Sean Murray (Rochester, NY) and 9-1 against Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Farbelow went on to lose 8-3 against Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Farbelow earned 2.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Men's Challenge Round, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 118th place overall with 12.955 total points. Farbelow ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.125 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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