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Ippei Katakura (片倉一平)

3×3 · top 68.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008KATA01

Ippei Katakura (片倉一平) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.33, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 68.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,327th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since August 2008, he has put 9 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.97 in August 2008 to 33.33, a 46% improvement. Ippei has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 68.0% of 284,439 all-time
33.33
signature single · Japan Open 2009
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×333.3346.77
top 68.0%2,327 / 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

Tokyo Open 2008: 1:01.97Japan Open 2008: 44.75Japan Open 2009: 33.3333.331:01.972 Aug 20081 Aug 2009

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.