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Ibuki Takada (高田芽輝)

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023TAKA07

Ibuki Takada (高田芽輝) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.33, set at Tokai Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2023, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. Ibuki has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.33
signature single · Tokai Open 2023
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×37.3310.28
top 1.7%75 / 3,329
5×51:25.571:30.20
top 23.8%143 / 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

Tokai Open 2023: 1:25.57Tokai Open PM 2024: 1:32.751:25.571:32.759 Sep 202315 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 9 Sep 2023First competition: Tokai Open 2023. A 8.61 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.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 25.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.