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Satoshi Idekawa (出川智士)

3×3 · top 50.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005IDEK02

Satoshi Idekawa (出川智士) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.11, set at Tribox Open Spring 2018, puts him in the top 50.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,819th in Japan. Across 20 competitions since September 2005, he has put 71 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:44.68 in March 2006 to 24.11, a 77% improvement. Satoshi has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.6% of 284,439 all-time
24.11
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2018
71
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.1126.57
top 50.6%1,819 / 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

Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 1:44.68Tokyo Open 2006: 1:04.04Japanese Championship 2006: 53.93Japan Open 2007: 47.90Kawasaki Open 2008: 41.09Kashiwa Open 2008: 36.36Tokyo Open 2008: 34.31Japan Open 2008: 30.81JRCA Kanto Summer 2009: 29.63Japan Open 2009: 29.06JRCA Kanto Winter 2010: 24.7830th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 26.31UT Open 2013: 28.27Asian Championship 2014: 27.03UT Open 2014: 24.50Japan Open 2015: 27.63UT Open 2015: 24.94Tribox Open Spring 2018: 24.1124.111:44.685 Mar 20065 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.