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Hiroki Saito (齋藤裕樹)

3×3 · top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017SAIT05

Hiroki Saito (齋藤裕樹) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.21, set at Tribox Open Spring 2019, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 482nd in Japan. Across 5 competitions since September 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.11 in September 2017 to 11.21, a 38% improvement. Hiroki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.21
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2019
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.2113.62
top 11.1%482 / 3,329
4×454.8857.53
top 30.6%304 / 667
2×24.585.73
top 34.0%428 / 1,021
3×3 one-handed38.6544.15
top 63.4%429 / 529
5×52:36.52
early days — 2 solves345 / 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

Yokohama 2017: 18.11YRCC Open 2018: 11.81Tribox Open Spring 2019: 11.21Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019: 14.12Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023: 12.7311.2118.1117 Sep 201727 May 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.