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Adding to that WOOOOW!!, Asashosakari becomes the first ever player in sumo gaming history to win 10 yushos in any one of the Superbanzuke games.

Hi there, I have updated Superbanzuke stuff. Now you have access to the Kyushu Masters results here (permalink). Gonzaburow won a second career Green Mawashi (the first one was in Aki 2017) without a single game yusho. However, double digits in Roto Sumo, Sekitori Oracle, and Salarycap Sumo laid the foundation for a strong 63.83 points finish and were enough to keep contestants Frinkanohana (56.72) and Oyama (54.05) at bay. Asapedroryu receives the shukun-sho (his first sansho ever) for double yusho in Roto Sumo and UDH. Kachikoshi also grabbed his first sansho ever (gino-sho) for strong performance in daily games (jun-yusho in Toto) and pre-basho games (jun-yusho in Juryo Game and UDH). I was surprised to find out that veteran Frinkanohana had more Green Mawashi (2) than sansho in his career. However, with his first kanto-sho (8 Top 10 finishes) he equalized his tally. Congratulations to all the winners! Aaaand... we have the Final Standings of the 2024 World Championship here. Pandaazuma cleared the scene by getting his sixth World Champion title, his fifth shukun-sho, sixth gino-sho, eighth kanto-sho, second Daily Championship, and sixth pre-basho Championship. The only other player to feature in the super-categories is Kaito (tied for shukun-sho). And these are the 2024 World Champions in individual games (number of respective titles in brackets): Bench Sumo: Pitinosato (3) Chaingang: Gusoyama (1) Tippspiel: Terarno (2) Guess the Banzuke: Kobashi (1) Hoshitori Game: Pandaazuma (3) ISP: Oyama (1) Juryo Game: Asashosakari (1) and Achiyama (1) Norizo Cup: kawazi (1) Odd Sumo: Norizo (2) Ozumo Bingo Game: Wamahada (1) Paper Oyakata Game: puripuri (1) RotoSumo: Konya ga Yamada (1) Salarycap Sumo: Yarimotsu (1) Sekitori Oracle: Pandaazuma (3) Sekitori Quadrumvirate: ScreechingOwl (2) Sekitori-Toto: Kaito (1) Sumo Game: Kirinoumi (1) Turn the Tide: Kaito (1) Upside Down Hoshitori: Kaito (1)

Very very belated Final Standings (I'm sorry...): Chishafuwaku won the November 2024 edition of the Makushita Game in front of Asapedroryu. For players in the range Y to M4, you have to subtract 1.5 points to your win points tally and round up half-points. That being said, the KK/MK line runs between Andrasoyama and Yokozuna Oskanohana. For players in the range M5 and lower, you have to add 0.5 points to your win points tally and round down half-points. The crucial line runs between Kaiowaka and Zannah. Shukun-sho: Goes to Joputosu in one of the most protracted decisions ever. It took him nine(!) tie-breakers to defeat Bunbukuchugama. Joputosu picked 6-1 Tochimaru, Ishizaki, Okaryu, Dewataikai, 5-2 Kiryoku, Tochimusashi, Seihakuho, and 4-3 Takakento before his 4-3 Haruyama was superior to Bunbu's 3-4 Kumanoryu in ninth bracket. Kanto-sho: Chishafuwaku (66 wins) Gino-sho: Ketsukai (14.12 points; e.g. 4 points for Kotodaigo, 2 points for Hogasho)

Final Standings: After Day 14 I announced an exciting senshuraku, and we were given an exciting finish, both on the real and the virtual dohyo. For large parts of the basho, an epic battle between Frinkanohana and Oyama ensued, with the latter having the upper hand in the second half of the basho. But Oyama did not have a good Day 15. Not only did he lose his final Bench bout (loss of 3.1 Masters points), he also dropped significantly in the standings of Hoshitori Game (minus 5 points) and Paper Oyakata Game (minus 3 points). Across all games, he lost more than 13 points on senshuraku and ended up with 54.05 Masters points. Frinkanohana also did not have the best of days and continued a downward trend (with losses on each day since Day 9). On senshuraku, the Frink lost 3 points in Bench, and 2.6 points in Toto with losses in each. However, on the plus side he showed a 2.5 point increase in the Oracle standings. All this added up to a net loss of 3.31 points for the day. His final tally thus was 56.72 points, so he managed to overtake Oyama again. And still, Frinkanohana will not receive the Green Mawashi. After Day 14, I mentioned two dark horses in the Masters race. While Kachikoshi lost quite a lot on senshuraku, it was Gonzaburow who crashed the party scene! On senshuraku, the Japanese veteran gained 5.5 points in Juryo Game, 4.5 points in Norizo Cup, 3 points in Toto, and 2.5 points in Hoshitori Game. He could even afford to lose a bit in Sumo Game and Salarycap Sumo for a net gain of 8.98 points on senshuraku. And so he ends up with 63.83 points, grabbing the Masters title. Congratulations! Other players of note: Kachikoshi (41.50), Kobashi (38.57), Pandaazuma (37.86), Asapedroryu (35.74), ScreechingOwl (33.61), Andoreasu (31.43). In the World Championship, Pandaazuma ended the basho on a high note and grabs his sixth title. Congrats, you greedy son-of-a-mother! Kaito never really woke up this basho and finished Kyushu with less than 5 points. ScreechingOwl defended 3rd place in the World Championship. Two players had a rather splendid senshuraku and this moved them into the upper half of the Top 10: Norizo gained 7 points on the final day and finishes 4th for the year while Kobashi will be happy with 5th overall (a gain of 11+ points on senshuraku). With the sudden surge of Norizo and Kobashi, Kitakachiyama finished in 6th place overall (down from 4th). Bill continued with his points rally that stretched over the last three days and gained him 27 points in total (8 points on senshuraku) to move from 10th to 7th place for the year. Susanoo finished on a low note (after an excellent start into the basho), lost 8 points on senshuraku and dropped from 7th to 8th overall. The two unsung Kyushu heroes Frinkanohana and Oyama did not win the Green Mawashi but at least managed to stay in the Top 10 (Frinkanohana dropping from 8th to 9th, and Oyama with a dramatic drop from 5th to 10th). Other players in triple digits: 11. Oskahanada (124.95), 12. Gonzaburow (120.53), 13. Bunbukuchagama (119.20), 14. Kakushoyama (110.92), 15. Kajiyanosho (109.29), 16. Kintamayama (105.97), and 17. Asashosakari (105.55). chishafuwaku dropped out of the 100-club on senshuraku; and Konya ga Yamada who sported a 99.99 points score after Day 14, ended up with 99.79 points… Thanks for playing, and see you again next year! More stats about the Masters, and the full year will follow by the end of the week!

Standings Day 14: In the Masters, we are having an extremely exciting senshuraku. Currently, I would not be a betting man as to who will get the Green Mawashi. Frinkanohana dominated for long stretches of the basho, but Oyama was quite close behind him and even took the lead over the last days. Today, both again lost some points, and as we have two players who improved quite a lot today, we are in for a 4-player decision tomorrow. Going into senshuraku, Oyama (67.30) has the best prospects, but Frinkanohana is not too far behind (60.03), and I would also not write off Gonzaburow (54.85) and Kachikoshi (50.38). Other honorable mentions go to ScreechingOwl (36.75), Asapedroryu (33.10), Hogashi (32.20), and Andoreasu (31.25). Most players on the WC chart are stuck for days and show only little up- or downward movement each day. The only exception today was Bill who gained another 12 points. Pandaazuma will collect another trophy, Kaito will finish second. ScreechingOwl is in a good position to end up in 3rd place. Kitakachiyama overtook Oyama for 4th place. In 6th and 7th place we have the Japanese legends duo of Norizo and Susanoo, and they both have exactly 142.38 points! Frinkanohana drops to 8th, barely keeping Kobashi at bay. Bill cements 10th place. In full disclosure, there are a couple of uncharted players above 100 points: Gonzaburow moved up to 12th place (111.55), Kintamayama is 15th (109.97), Kakushoyama is 17th (107.46), and chishafuwaku is 18th (100.43). And I just noted while writing this that Konya ga Yamada currently has 99.99 points. Will he finish in triple digits? I do not know how my day tomorrow will develop. There is a distinct possibility that I will be away from the computer all day. In that case, you would not read from me again until Monday. Then again, I expect that some games will not have official standings before Monday anyway. If someone wants to do me a great favor, it would be to check the Hoshitori Game standings. They are often meant to show Day 15 standings, but miss some bonus points. Thanks to the person who would be willing to take up that task!!

Day 13: The races are shaping up. In Oracle, Andoreasu still sports a 5-point lead. In SCS, Oyama was first until yesterday, but without picking any Ozeki he was shifted out of the Top 10 (I have already added some bonus points, different than Golynohana would do). In the Masters, Oyama lost about 22.5 points today. However, Frinkanohana could not really capitalize on this as he also lost more than 16 points today. Oyama now has a small lead over Frinkanohana (70.70 vs. 64.54). Other players north of 30 points are Kachikoshi (41.75), Asapedroryu (38.89), Gonzaburow (37.44), ScreechingOwl (35.94), and Fujisan (30.50). With the downfall of the two Masters masters, ScreechingOwl moves up to 3rd place in the World Championship standings while Oyama drops to 4th. Frinkanohana lost fewer points but fell deeper (from 4th to 7th), giving Norizo and Kitakachiyama a 1-place upward move, respectively. Susanoo overtook Kobashi for 8th, and Bill overtook Oskahanada and Bunbukuchagama to move up to 10th.

Standings Day 12: There's something gelatinous about the standings. Either you had a knack for particular games and feature way above the rest, or you were dawdling way out of the Masters points. As a consequence, the hectic shift in standings is something we have hardly witnessed at Kyushu Basho. For the Masters, it is still a pretty hot race between Oyama (93.25) and Frinkanohana (80.93). Asapedroryu is a very distant 3rd (40.00), with Kachikoshi (39.67), Gonzaburow (35.22), ScreechingOwl (34.05), and Hogashi (33.25) leaving some imprints on the Masters standings. The World Championship are almost frozen - the most spectacular change is a loss of close to 7 Masters points for Oskahanada. As a consequence, there are not many movements in the coveted ranks: Kobashi overtook Susanoo for 8th place, and Bunbukuchagama overtook Oskanohana for 10th place.

Standings Day 11: The epic battle between Frinkanohana and Oyama for the Green Mawashi is THE recurring news item this basho. Frinkanohana lost more than 14 points today while Oyama improved by more than 11 points. As a consequence, Oyama (92.67) now leads the Masters standings over Frinkanohana (84.19). This is going to be exciting! Asapedroryu lost a lot of points today but remains in 3rd place (48.40). Notable others are ScreechingOwl (39.21), Flohru (31.94), Hogashi (31.67), and Kachikoshi (30.00). Hardly anything to report in the Worlds as most players on the chart roughly kept their points score. The only exception is the aforementioned good news/bad news combo for Oyama/Frink which also led to them trading places on the chart (Oyama up from 4th to 3rd).

Standings Day 10: Finally, some regression to the middle has caught up with Frinkanohana, and still he leads with a brilliant 98.29 points. But Oyama has gained more traction and isn't too far behind in the Kyushu Masters standings (81.34). Asapedroryu might be on course for the highest-scoring 3rd place ever (65.88). These three stole so many points from the rest of you that only one other player features in the 30+ points territory (ScreechingOwl at 39.40). In the World Championship, we have a battle for 4th place between ScreechingOwl and Oyama; a battle for 6th place between Norizo, Kitakachiyama, Susanoo, and Kobashi; an a battle for 10th place between Oskahanada, Bill, and Bunbukuchagama.

As per popular request, the complete graph for the Top 256 players this year (that's the maximum). I must admit that it has a certain aesthetic appeal!

I could create a graph with all 400 players who are in the points. Complete coverage, complete chaos!!

Standings after Day 9: What a pity that so few people are going to read this, but we are currently witnessing a number of minor and major miracles. Case in point: according to my projections, Andoreasu currently leads the Oracle standings by 11 points - I have never witnessed such a leading margin before. Let's see whether he can defend this lead to the yusho. The major miracle this basho is of course Frinkanohana. He was at almost 104 points yesterday, and today he decided to defy the concept of regression to the middle, increasing his tally to 109.93. For comparison, it's like a person exactly standing at the North Pole and deciding to simply go further north... Outstanding! His main contender thus far (Oyama) plummeted in the standings, and lost almost 20 points today (68.92). Asapedroryu made some waves (48.30) while Gonzaburow (35.90), Andoreasu (33.33), Hogashi (32.43) and Kachikoshi (32.20) constitute the 30+ club. In the Worlds, it was an off day for five of the six top players (the exception, again, being Frinkanohana).

Nakabi standings: Bam - what an epic fight between Oyama and Frinkanohana for the Green Mawashi! The Frink had a sensational day on a sensational basho so far, and he now tops the standings with an incredible 103.96 projected point. And I guess that - if the basho were over now - Oyama would set a new record for the highest non-winning score ever (87.50). Six players hover between 30 and 40 points, gazing at the two stars on the November sky: Asapedroryu (37.37), ScreechingOwl (36.70), Susanoo (34.75), Hogashi (34.33), andonishiki (31.28), and Kachikoshi (30.67). In the World Championship, lofty Frinkanohana steals 3rd place from Oyama. Susanoo stays in 5th while ScreechingOwl drops to 6th. Kitakachiyama, Norizo, Kobashi, and Bunbukuchagama round out the Top 10. President Osca is not amused and has asked Elon to hack the unhackable Superbanzuke website. :)

You can actually see something in this graph? Hats off!

Day 7 Standings: My nightly update contained a relatively major oopsie - I assigned Oyama's jump to the lead of UDH to Ottotto. In fact, Oyama was in the Masters lead after Day 6 and also already in 5th place for the World Championship. With that out of the way, Oyama improved even more today and now leads the Masters race with a confident 80.60 points. Frinkanohana (61.64) is the only other contender at the moment. Other players in the 30+ range are Pandaazuma (39.12), ScreechingOwl (36.33), Asapedroryu (36.02), and Andoreasu (32.10). The Panda is doing Panda things, and that's why the gap between him and Kaito has become larger than ever. In fact, I think it is safe to say that the question of who gets the trophy has become a bore. There is a more exciting battle for third place. Currently, Oyama has the upper hand over ScreechingOwl and Susanoo (who had quite a disastrous day).