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Masahiro Kitamura (喜多村政寛)

3×3 · top 52.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008KITA03

Masahiro Kitamura (喜多村政寛) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.72, set at JRCA Kanto Summer 2009, puts him in the top 52.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,864th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since May 2008, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.36 in May 2008 to 24.72, a 24% improvement. Masahiro has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.0% of 284,439 all-time
24.72
signature single · JRCA Kanto Summer 2009
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.7230.41
top 52.0%1,864 / 3,329
2×210.5514.13
top 80.0%876 / 1,021

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

Kashiwa Open 2008: 32.36Amagasaki Open 2009: 26.86Osaka Open 2009: 27.05JRCA Kanto Summer 2009: 24.72Japan Open 2009: 27.1824.7232.365 May 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.72 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.