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Naoki Wakisaka (脇坂尚樹)
3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016WAKI01
Naoki Wakisaka (脇坂尚樹) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.92, set at Ayase Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 724th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since November 2016, he has put 53 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.78 in November 2016 to 12.92, a 27% improvement. Naoki has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.92 | 15.01 | top 17.1% | 724 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 7.50 | top 25.6% | 320 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.01 | 1:17.94 | top 49.8% | 455 / 667 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.31 | 12.83 | top 55.4% | 481 / 688 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.96 | 2:26.88 | top 56.5% | 291 / 420 | |
| 6×6 | 4:24.52 | 4:45.83 | early days — 3 solves | 168 / 209 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Ayase Autumn 2019.
- 19 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at Kansai Open 2017.
- 12 Nov 2016First competition: Kansai Small Cubes 2016. A 17.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansai Small Cubes 2016 · 12 Nov 2016
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sheng Jiang (蒋笙) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.