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Naomi Takahashi (高橋直美)

3×3 · top 44.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2006 · 2006TAKA02

Naomi Takahashi (高橋直美) has been competing for 20 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.71, set at Japan Open 2008, puts her in the top 44.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,633rd in Japan. Across 7 competitions since March 2006, she has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 52.84 in March 2006 to 21.71, a 59% improvement. Naomi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.7% of 284,439 all-time
21.71
signature single · Japan Open 2008
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×321.7125.27
top 44.7%1,633 / 3,329
Pyraminx10.0815.51
top 53.6%462 / 688
2×213.98
top 88.8%954 / 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

Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 52.84Tokyo Open 2006: 39.84Japanese Championship 2006: 31.93Japan Open 2007: 23.08Japan Open 2008: 21.71Kanazawa Open 2008: 23.22Toyama Open 2009: 21.7521.7152.845 Mar 200619 Sep 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as she improves.