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Hikaru Takemoto (竹本輝)
2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016TAKE01
Hikaru Takemoto (竹本輝) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Cherry Blossom Viewing 2016, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since April 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 5.42 | top 7.3% | 96 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 15.61 | 18.96 | top 26.5% | 1,078 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.91 | 1:46.83 | top 59.8% | 515 / 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 story so far
- 9 Apr 2016First competition: Cherry Blossom Viewing 2016. A 15.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cherry Blossom Viewing 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Takeshi Ito (伊藤健) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.