People · Japan
Naoki Sakamoto (坂本直樹)
2×2 · top 50.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SAKA01
Naoki Sakamoto (坂本直樹) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.96, set at Kansai Open 2019, puts him in the top 50.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 622nd in Japan. Across 2 competitions since March 2018, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.89 in March 2018 to 5.96, a 13% improvement. Naoki has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.96 | 10.74 | top 50.5% | 622 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 29.06 | 33.47 | top 60.9% | 2,111 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.32 | 1:56.28 | top 77.4% | 602 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-30 3×3: 29.06 at Kansai Open 2019.
- 31 Mar 2018First competition: Kansai Open 2018. A 30.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Asato Irifune (入船朝斗) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raphaël Pihet — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.