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Masato Chida (千田雅人)

3×3 · top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2007 · 2007CHID01

Masato Chida (千田雅人) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.11, set at Kashiwa Open 2008, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 750th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since July 2007, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.63 in July 2007 to 13.11, a 53% improvement. Masato has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.11
signature single · Kashiwa Open 2008
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×313.1115.65
top 17.8%750 / 3,329
2×24.135.48
top 28.1%351 / 1,021
4×41:17.881:53.19
top 54.1%482 / 667

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

Japan Open 2007: 27.63Kawasaki Open 2008: 18.38Kashiwa Open 2008: 13.11Tokyo Open 2008: 15.81Japan Open 2008: 13.8813.1127.6328 Jul 20074 Oct 2008

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.