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Hisako Koba (古場寿子)

3×3 · top 97.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011KOBA01

Hisako Koba (古場寿子) has been competing for 15 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:27.88, set at Asian Championship 2014, puts her in the top 97.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,212th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since November 2011, she has put 7 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 2:04.58 in November 2011 to 1:27.88, a 29% improvement. Hisako has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 97.8% of 284,439 all-time
1:27.88
signature single · Asian Championship 2014
7
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×31:27.881:36.78
top 97.8%3,212 / 3,329

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

UT Open 2011: 2:04.58Asian Championship 2014: 1:27.881:27.882:04.5827 Nov 20111 Nov 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Nov 2011First competition: UT Open 2011. A 2:04.58 3×3 single to start from.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 27.88 away.

Targets move as she improves.