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Akihiko Kasamatsu (笠松暁輝)

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009KASA01

Akihiko Kasamatsu (笠松暁輝) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 213th in Japan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2009, he has put 58 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.69 in March 2009 to 9.13, a 22% improvement. Akihiko has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.13
signature single · 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010
58
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×39.1312.37
top 5.2%213 / 3,329

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Osaka Open 2009: 11.69Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 11.4330th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 9.13UT Open 2010: 11.80Japan Open 2011: 10.869.1311.8028 Mar 200930 Jul 2011

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.