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Saku Mochinaga (持永朔)

2×2 · top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016MOCH01

Saku Mochinaga (持永朔) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Tribox Open Spring 2018, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 190th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since September 2016, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.92 in September 2016 to 13.67, a 40% improvement. Saku has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.00
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2018
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×23.006.00
top 14.2%190 / 1,021
3×313.6714.89
top 19.8%839 / 3,329

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

Tachikawa Open 2016: 22.92Japan Open 2016: 20.06Meguro 2017: 17.53Tribox Open Spring 2018: 13.6713.6722.924 Sep 20165 May 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.