People · Japan
Hitoshi Iwai (岩井仁志)
3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010IWAI01
Hitoshi Iwai (岩井仁志) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.02, set at UT Open 2012, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,123rd in Japan. Across 11 competitions since November 2010, he has put 180 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.33 in November 2010 to 16.02, a 17% improvement. Hitoshi has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 16.02 | 18.96 | top 27.9% | 1,123 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.56 | 31.89 | top 30.3% | 248 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 56.13 | 1:08.34 | top 32.1% | 318 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.52 | 2:05.83 | top 43.9% | 214 / 313 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.02 | 2:10.88 | top 51.8% | 269 / 420 | |
| Square-1 | 36.93 | 39.35 | top 61.2% | 188 / 245 | |
| 6×6 | 4:01.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 150 / 209 | |
| 7×7 | 5:59.03 | 6:36.00 | top 67.4% | 133 / 188 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Sep 2012Four personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2012.
- 27 Nov 2011Three personal bests in one day at UT Open 2011.
- 21 Nov 2010First competition: UT Open 2010. A 19.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Japan Open 2013 · 1 Jun 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2013 · 5 May 2013
- East Japan Big Cubes 2013 · 11 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2012 · 16 Sep 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2012 · 3 Jun 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Matsudo Spring 2012 · 8 Apr 2012
- Tsukuba 2012 · 5 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Matsudo Spring 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010
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 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yu Sajima (佐島優) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.