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Natsuki Shikibu (式部夏樹)
3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018SHIK01
Natsuki Shikibu (式部夏樹) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.95, set at Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 731st in Japan. Across 13 competitions since February 2018, he has put 81 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.25 in February 2018 to 12.95, a 54% improvement. Natsuki has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 12.95 | 15.77 | top 17.2% | 731 / 3,329 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.24 | 2:07.61 | top 30.2% | 165 / 313 |
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
- 28 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.47 at Tribox Open Spring 2019.
- 11 Nov 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.91 at Saitama 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018First competition: TMU Open 2018. A 28.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020 · 26 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Kurukuru Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Omiya Bigs 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- TMU Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
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 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-1:30 Megaminx single — 9,803 people have one; it is 3.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.