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Hiroki Kitaoka (北岡大樹)

3×3 · top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018KITA01

Hiroki Kitaoka (北岡大樹) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.64, set at Reiwa Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 26.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,083rd in Japan. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.14 in February 2018 to 15.64, a 61% improvement. Hiroki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.64
signature single · Reiwa Anniversary 2019
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×315.6417.41
top 26.6%1,083 / 3,329
2×25.578.67
top 46.1%580 / 1,021
4×41:51.032:09.28
top 77.3%601 / 667
Pyraminx16.7320.32
top 87.1%641 / 688

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

TMU Open 2018: 40.14Japan Championship 2018: 25.84Ayase 2019: 19.62Tribox Open Spring 2019: 19.51Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 15.6415.6440.143 Feb 20181 Jun 2019

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 0.64 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.