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Akihiro Kawauchi (河内章浩)

3×3 · top 45.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005KAWA01

Akihiro Kawauchi (河内章浩) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.88, set at Japanese Championship 2006, puts him in the top 45.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,641st in Japan. Across 4 competitions since September 2005, he has put 12 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.83 in September 2005 to 21.88, a 57% improvement. Akihiro has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.1% of 284,439 all-time
21.88
signature single · Japanese Championship 2006
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×321.8831.21
top 45.1%1,641 / 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

Japanese Championship 2005: 50.83Tokyo Open 2006: 26.84Japanese Championship 2006: 21.88Japan Open 2007: 27.1821.8850.833 Sep 200528 Jul 2007

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.