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Kiyoshi Takahashi

3×3 · top 33.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007TAKA01

Kiyoshi Takahashi has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.94, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011, puts him in the top 33.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,556th in France. Across 11 competitions since August 2007, he has put 130 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.05 in August 2007 to 17.94, a 46% improvement. Kiyoshi has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.9% of 284,439 all-time
17.94
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011
130
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×317.9419.56
top 33.9%1,556 / 4,746
5×52:05.722:19.64
top 52.9%496 / 1,024
3×3 one-handed35.7249.72
top 58.6%825 / 1,490
2×29.8112.08
top 77.2%2,352 / 3,074

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

KCRC Busan competition 2007: 33.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 31.47Swedish Cube Day competition 2007: 25.46Norwegian Open 2008: 25.16Gdansk Open 2008: 25.00French Open 2008: 25.02French Championship 2008: 22.09Norwegian Open 2009: 18.72Lyon Open 2011: 18.40World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 17.94Norwegian Championship 2013: 22.1117.9433.0512 Aug 200716 Mar 2013

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 2.94 away.
  • A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 5.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.