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Norimitsu Sasaki (佐々木教允)

3×3 · top 58.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011SASA01

Norimitsu Sasaki (佐々木教允) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.69, set at Kansai Open 2012, puts him in the top 58.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,040th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since July 2011, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.66 in July 2011 to 27.69, a 34% improvement. Norimitsu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 58.2% of 284,439 all-time
27.69
signature single · Kansai Open 2012
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×327.6941.39
top 58.2%2,040 / 3,329
2×29.0915.57
top 73.9%828 / 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

Japan Open 2011: 41.66Kansai Open 2012: 27.6927.6941.6630 Jul 201124 Mar 2012

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.69 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.