People · Japan
Naoto Hamada (濱田直斗)
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016HAMA01
Naoto Hamada (濱田直斗) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.17, set at Ayase Autumn A 2022, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2016, he has put 39 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.95 in October 2016 to 8.17, a 52% improvement. Naoto has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.17 | 9.24 | top 3.1% | 131 / 3,329 |
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
- 26 Dec 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.54 at Japan Championship 2019.
- 9 Oct 2016First competition: Japan Open 2016. A 16.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Winter AM 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020 · 26 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 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.
- Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sho Ogata (緒方昭) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.