Maeda Reaches Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic Semifinals

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Asei
Nakahara

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Uryu
Kamikawa

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.29
PA/G:	7.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) run at the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; Maeda advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win over Scott Howard (Navan, ON). of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Maeda finished 4-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Brad Thompson (Kamloops, BC) 5-4, then won 7-4 against Richard Krell (Langley, BC). Maeda went on to lose 8-3 against Cameron de Jong (Victoria, BC). Maeda responded with a 6-3 win over Brayden Carpenter (Richmond, BC). Maeda won 4-3 against Matthew Blandford (Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Maeda earned 21.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic. Maeda move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 9.55 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 28th overall with 126.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Maeda ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	42	23	0	0.646	3-1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	460	379	303	8.24	6.59	1.65	4.65	4.13	1.77	1.59	1.22

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	225	282	65	28	11-3	19-1	57-7	1.25	0.29	0.44	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	235	97	238	28	1-4	5-16	21-47	0.41	1.01	0.54	0.26

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