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Natsu Katayama

3×3 · top 60.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018KATA04

Natsu Katayama has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.02, set at Hawaii 2018, puts her in the top 60.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,109th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since November 2018, she has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. Natsu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 60.8% of 284,439 all-time
29.02
signature single · Hawaii 2018
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×329.0242.77
top 60.8%2,109 / 3,329
2×215.8825.35
top 91.7%974 / 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

Hawaii 2018: 29.02Japan Championship 2018: 39.8229.0239.8224 Nov 201822 Dec 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 24 Nov 2018First competition: Hawaii 2018. A 29.02 3×3 single to start from.

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.02 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as she improves.