Hmm, if there’s anything I’ve learned from contest/tournament arcs, it’s that the last person to go usually wins. However, story wise I feel like there’s foreshadowing for Akane to also to lose to Hikaru. Whichever outcome happens will be interesting.
The results are secondary to me. I’m most interested in the performance itself. Wonder what kind of technique she displays and how it will be different than what she has been doing before