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Sakai Taisyu (坂井大周)

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012TAIS01

Sakai Taisyu (坂井大周) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at UT Open 2013, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 713th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since April 2012, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.50 in April 2012 to 12.83, a 17% improvement. Sakai has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.83
signature single · UT Open 2013
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×312.8314.40
top 16.8%713 / 3,329
4×455.331:01.26
top 31.1%310 / 667

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

Matsudo Spring 2012: 15.50UT Open 2013: 12.8312.8315.508 Apr 201224 Nov 2013

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 5.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.