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Hidemichi Jou (城秀達)

3×3 · top 38.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012JOUH01

Hidemichi Jou (城秀達) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.41, set at Kansai Open 2012, puts him in the top 38.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,449th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since February 2012, he has put 34 official solves on the record across six events. Hidemichi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.3% of 284,439 all-time
19.41
signature single · Kansai Open 2012
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×319.4120.45
top 38.3%1,449 / 3,329
Clock12.8022.77
top 38.8%141 / 263
3×3 one-handed34.63
early days — 3 solves398 / 529
Pyraminx12.2813.87
top 68.9%549 / 688
2×210.3812.47
top 79.4%868 / 1,021
4×42:09.662:19.23
top 85.7%625 / 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

Kyushu Open 2012: 21.03Kansai Open 2012: 19.4119.4121.0318 Feb 201224 Mar 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.41 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.