Bench Record Stats (though Kyushu 19)

 

·        BSers have competed 13974 times (i.e., the no. of active records)

·        No BSer has ever had an 15-0 record

·        The closest anyone has ever been to 15-0 perfection was:

   - Gurowake, who went 14-0 in Nagoya 15, before falling to Sebunshu on day 15

   - Kintsubasa, who went 13-0 in Kyushu 10, before falling to Stowaway on day 14

   - Pitinosato, who went 12-0 in Nagoya 12, before falling to Ozeki Norizo on day 13

   - Shomishuu, who went 11-0 in Kyushu 04, before falling to Watashi on day 12

   - Derufidurono, who went 11-0 in Kyushu 04, before falling to Kuramarujo on day 12

   - Charliki, who went 11-0 in Hatsu 08, before falling to sashimaru on day 12

 

·        Just 1 BSer has ever had an 0-15 record

   - Heiyu was the first to go 0-15 in Kyushu 10!

·        Prior to Heiyu, the closest anyone had ever been to 0-15 total embarrassment was:

   - Akedrono, who went 0-14 in Hatsu 01, before beating Joboryu on senshuraku (oh, so close)

 

·        There have been 2293 double digit winning bashos (i.e., 10-5 record or better)

·        There have been 2312 double digit losing bashos (i.e., 5-10 record or worse)

·        There have been 7024 KK bashos (i.e., 8-7 record or better)

·        There have been 6950 MK bashos (i.e., 7-8 record or worse)

 

How Rare is a Bench Record?
Record	Count	Percentage of All Records
15-0	0	0.000%
14-1	12	0.086%
13-2	51	0.365%
12-3	283	2.025%
11-4	598	4.279%
10-5	1349	9.654%
9-6	2107	15.078%
8-7	2624	18.778%
7-8	2634	18.849%
6-9	2004	14.341%
5-10	1299	9.296%
4-11	673	4.816%
3-12	244	1.746%
2-13	79	0.565%
1-14	16	0.114%
0-15	1	0.007%