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Hibiki Ashitani (芦谷響)
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014ASHI01
Hibiki Ashitani (芦谷響) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.02, set at Minatomirai 2022, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2014, he has put 176 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.19 in February 2014 to 9.95, an 83% improvement. Hibiki has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.02 | 3.07 | top 3.7% | 54 / 688 | |
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 10.71 | top 7.3% | 322 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 6.44 | top 25.9% | 326 / 1,021 | |
| Skewb | 6.69 | 7.66 | top 31.2% | 158 / 338 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.90 | 1:36.35 | top 63.5% | 539 / 667 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Minatomirai 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Minatomirai 2022.
- 28 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.85 at Tribox Open Spring 2019.
- 4 Sep 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.53 at Tachikawa Open 2016.
- 3 May 2015First sub-30 3×3: 29.40 at Japan Contest Spring 2015.
- 22 Feb 2014First competition: Kanto Open 2014. A 58.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016
- Tachikawa Open 2016 · 4 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Spring 2016 · 27 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015 · 13 Dec 2015
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015
- Japan Contest Spring 2015 · 3 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.