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Hideki Kimoto (木本秀樹)

3×3 · top 78.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009KIMO01

Hideki Kimoto (木本秀樹) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 41.58, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 78.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,613th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since August 2009, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. Hideki has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 78.6% of 284,439 all-time
41.58
signature single · Japan Open 2009
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×341.5847.95
top 78.6%2,613 / 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

Japan Open 2009: 41.58Japan Open 2010: 49.33Asian Championship 2014: 44.7241.5849.331 Aug 20091 Nov 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 1 Aug 2009First competition: Japan Open 2009. A 41.58 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.