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Hiroki Kanamori (金森広樹)
3×3 · top 15.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011KANA03
Hiroki Kanamori (金森広樹) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.34, set at Kansai Open 2013, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 646th in Japan. Across 14 competitions since April 2011, he has put 254 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:06.00 in April 2011 to 44.65, a 32% improvement. Hiroki has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 12.34 | 15.40 | top 15.1% | 646 / 3,360 | |
| 4×4 | 44.65 | 49.77 | top 17.9% | 188 / 679 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 5.40 | top 24.4% | 308 / 1,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.18 | 27.28 | top 29.3% | 239 / 539 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.61 | 1:47.82 | top 34.4% | 201 / 426 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.31 | 11.44 | top 38.9% | 386 / 691 | |
| 7×7 | 4:35.36 | 5:11.99 | top 43.0% | 91 / 188 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | top 48.5% | 129 / 205 | |
| 6×6 | 4:06.86 | 4:16.16 | early days — 3 solves | 156 / 209 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:36.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 254 / 285 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 29:05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 117 / 128 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 40:45.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 80 / 81 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Mar 2012First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Kansai Open 2012.
- 24 Mar 2012Six personal bests in one day at Kansai Open 2012.
- 19 Aug 2011Three personal bests in one day at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011.
- 10 Apr 2011First competition: Matsudo Spring 2011. A 19.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015
- Japan Contest Autumn 2014 · 13 Oct 2014
- Kawasaki Autumn 2013 · 15 Sep 2013
- Japan Open 2013 · 1 Jun 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2012 · 16 Sep 2012
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012 · 17 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- East Japan Big Cubes 2012 · 8 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Waseda Brain Challenge 2012 · 17 Mar 2012
- UT Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011 · 19 Aug 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Matsudo Spring 2011 · 10 Apr 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 54 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 4.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.