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Ayane Kitamura (北村彩音)

3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016KITA03

Ayane Kitamura (北村彩音) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.17, set at Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025, puts her in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,242nd in Japan. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, she has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 26.12 in July 2016 to 17.17, a 34% improvement. Ayane has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.17
signature single · Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×317.1719.44
top 31.5%1,242 / 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

Kanto Summer 2016: 26.12Japan Championship 2018: 17.44Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025: 17.1717.1726.1224 Jul 201616 Feb 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.17 away.

Targets move as she improves.