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Hideki Kadobe (角部秀樹)

3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017KADO01

Hideki Kadobe (角部秀樹) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Reiwa Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 658th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since May 2017, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.77 in May 2017 to 12.53, a 53% improvement. Hideki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.53
signature single · Reiwa Anniversary 2019
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×312.5316.20
top 15.7%658 / 3,329
Pyraminx5.409.99
top 15.8%181 / 688
2×23.535.32
top 20.6%252 / 1,021
4×458.731:04.54
top 35.1%346 / 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

Meguro 2017: 26.77TMU Open 2018: 23.48Japan Championship 2018: 18.70Tribox Open Spring 2019: 13.50Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 12.5312.5326.775 May 20171 Jun 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.