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Kazuma Sasamura (篠村一磨)

3×3 · top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005SASA01

Kazuma Sasamura (篠村一磨) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.71, set at Japanese Championship 2006, puts him in the top 30.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,198th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since September 2005, he has put 27 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.28 in September 2005 to 16.71, a 47% improvement. Kazuma has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.71
signature single · Japanese Championship 2006
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×316.7118.30
top 30.1%1,198 / 3,329
3×3 blindfolded3:40.41
early days — 2 solves221 / 282

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

Japanese Championship 2005: 31.28Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 17.86Tokyo Open 2006: 17.79Japanese Championship 2006: 16.7116.7131.283 Sep 200512 Nov 2006

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 40.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.