People · Japan
Naoya Hirata (平田直也)
3×3 Multi-Blind · top 15.0% of 4,268 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019HIRA03
Naoya Hirata (平田直也) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 14 of 17 cubes · 56:20, set at Yono Summer 2019, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Japan. Across 4 competitions since April 2019, he has put 22 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.82 in April 2019 to 18.01, a 24% improvement. Naoya has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 Multi-Blind | 14 of 17 cubes · 56:20 | — | early days — 3 solves | 23 / 128 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:29.62 | — | top 23.0% | 105 / 282 | |
| 3×3 | 18.01 | 21.52 | top 34.1% | 1,325 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 7.75 | 8.83 | top 66.1% | 760 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.01 at Japan Championship 2019.
- 28 Apr 2019First competition: Tribox Open Spring 2019. A 23.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo BLD Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
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.
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuichi Hamada (濵田祐一) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 29.62 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.