People · Japan
Hikaru Sakata (佐方輝)
3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011SAKA03
Hikaru Sakata (佐方輝) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.28, set at East Osaka 2012, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 490th in Japan. Across 6 competitions since November 2011, he has put 168 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in November 2011 to 11.28, a 13% improvement. Hikaru has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.28 | 13.04 | top 11.4% | 490 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 4.07 | top 19.0% | 239 / 1,021 | |
| Square-1 | 20.21 | 28.30 | top 28.5% | 98 / 245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.33 | 27.37 | top 29.6% | 241 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 56.25 | 1:03.71 | top 32.2% | 319 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.83 | 2:13.08 | top 44.5% | 216 / 313 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.06 | 2:26.60 | top 53.7% | 275 / 420 |
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
- 7 Jul 2012Three personal bests in one day at Kansai Star Festival 2012.
- 24 Mar 2012Four personal bests in one day at Kansai Open 2012.
- 19 Nov 2011First competition: Kyotanabe Open 2011. A 12.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Open 2013 · 23 Mar 2013
- West Japan Big Cube 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- East Osaka 2012 · 27 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Star Festival 2012 · 7 Jul 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Kyotanabe Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011
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.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.