Rhyme/Smith3-4 at 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	9.80
PA/G:	8.37
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) finished 3-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rhyme/Smith lost 10-3 to Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI), then responded with a 7-2 win over Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN). Rhyme/Smith won 13-3 against Melissa Fountain/Tony Kot (Lafayette, CO). Rhyme/Smith went on to lose 5-4 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO). Rhyme/Smith responded with a 9-4 win over Harley Rohrbacher/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH). Rhyme/Smith went on to lose 9-6 against Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Rhyme/Smith lost 8-6 to Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK) in their final qualifying round match.

Rhyme/Smith earned 6.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 31 of the event schedule, Rhyme/Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rhyme/Smith ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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