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Satoshi Anzai (安齋慧士)
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015ANZA01
Satoshi Anzai (安齋慧士) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at Ayase 2019, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 222nd in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2015, he has put 192 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.47 in August 2015 to 9.20, a 20% improvement. Satoshi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.20 | 10.38 | top 5.3% | 222 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.28 | top 16.0% | 209 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 45.78 | 50.88 | top 19.3% | 193 / 667 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.77 | 13.90 | top 34.3% | 342 / 688 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.96 | 2:31.12 | top 54.8% | 242 / 313 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Sep 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Tachikawa Open 2016.
- 8 Aug 2015First competition: East Japan Big Cubes 2015. A 11.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Yokohama 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tachikawa Open 2016 · 4 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Spring 2016 · 27 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tohoku Open 2015 · 13 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- East Japan Big Cubes 2015 · 8 Aug 2015
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Fumiya Matsui (松井郁也) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Rituraj Sohoni — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.