Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu lost 2-1 to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 6-5 win over Joel Jordison (Moose Jaw, SK). Liu won 6-5 against Rick McKague (Edmonton, AB), then won 9-4 against Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Liu went on to lose 6-3 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Liu lost 8-3 to Dejia Zou (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 6 of the event schedule, Liu did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 21st place on the World Ranking Standings with 55.735 total points. Liu ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.670 points earned so far this season.