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Hideaki Takahashi (高橋英明)
3×3 · top 22.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005TAKA01
Hideaki Takahashi (高橋英明) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.50, set at Toyama Open 2009, puts him in the top 22.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 950th in Japan. Across 8 competitions since September 2005, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.40 in September 2005 to 14.50, a 60% improvement. Hideaki has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.50 | 17.79 | top 22.7% | 950 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 7.84 | 10.73 | top 66.8% | 766 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.93 | 3:20.93 | top 79.3% | 608 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 3:19.44 | 3:50.74 | top 83.9% | 383 / 420 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:35.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 272 / 282 |
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
- 19 Sep 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Toyama Open 2009.
- 12 Nov 2006First sub-20 3×3: 19.12 at Japanese Championship 2006.
- 5 Mar 2006First sub-30 3×3: 25.21 at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006.
- 5 Mar 2006Three personal bests in one day at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006.
- 3 Sep 2005First competition: Japanese Championship 2005. A 36.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Toyama Open 2009 · 19 Sep 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanazawa Open 2008 · 20 Dec 2008
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2007 · 28 Jul 2007
- Japanese Championship 2006 · 12 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Open 2006 · 30 Jul 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006 · 5 Mar 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Japanese Championship 2005 · 3 Sep 2005
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.
- Yohei Oka (岡要平) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Takahito Domon (土門崇人) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.