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Shintaro Hirose (広瀬慎太郎)

3×3 blindfolded · top 11.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014HIRO01

Shintaro Hirose (広瀬慎太郎) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 55.90, set at Japan Championship 2019, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Japan. Across 6 competitions since October 2014, he has put 26 official solves on the record across five events. Shintaro has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 11.7% of 12,178 all-time
55.90
signature single · Japan Championship 2019
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 blindfolded55.90
early days — 3 solves60 / 282
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 17 cubes · 58:35
early days — 2 solves33 / 128
3×316.0219.26
top 27.9%1,123 / 3,329
2×26.158.10
top 52.4%639 / 1,021
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 1 solve147 / 201

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

Sapporo Open 2014: 16.22Ayase 2020: 16.0216.0216.224 Oct 201416 Feb 2020

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-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 5.90 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.