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Sadafumi Kikuchi (菊地貞文)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 14.8% of 12,294 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KIKU01
Sadafumi Kikuchi (菊地貞文) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 30 moves, set at Ayase FMC 2023, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Japan. Across 7 competitions since April 2022, he has put 48 official solves on the record across seven events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.05 in April 2022 to 6.47, a 50% improvement. Sadafumi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 33.33 | early days — 3 solves | 63 / 201 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.47 | 9.48 | top 23.6% | 252 / 688 | |
| 3×3 | 17.71 | 18.45 | top 33.2% | 1,297 / 3,329 | |
| Clock | 15.32 | 27.24 | top 49.2% | 173 / 263 | |
| Skewb | 9.57 | 13.30 | top 52.3% | 233 / 338 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.12 | 44.52 | top 62.5% | 427 / 529 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 234 / 282 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.10 at Yoga Summer A 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: Minatomirai 2022. A 20.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ayase FMC 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Tokyo Challenge BLD I 2023 · 9 Apr 2023
- Yoga Summer A 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Blind Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022
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 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Keiichiro Taira (平佳一郎) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.