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Saori Hashimoto (橋本沙織)

Square-1 · top 99.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008HASH01

Saori Hashimoto (橋本沙織) has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 2:32.91, set at Cincinnati Summer Open 2008, puts her in the top 99.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 244th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since May 2008, she has put 6 official solves on the record across one event. Her Square-1 best has come down from 3:03.53 in May 2008 to 2:32.91, a 17% improvement. Saori has entered two competitions.

Square-1
best event — top 99.3% of 25,272 all-time
2:32.91
signature single · Cincinnati Summer Open 2008
6
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Square-12:32.913:17.59
top 99.3%244 / 245

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

Utah Open 2008: 3:03.53Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 2:32.912:32.913:03.5317 May 200816 Aug 2008

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2:00 Square-1 single — 24,887 people have one; it is 32.91 away.

Targets move as she improves.