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Shouta Takiguchi (瀧口彰太)
3×3 · top 16.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011TAKI01
Shouta Takiguchi (瀧口彰太) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.75, set at East Japan Big Cubes 2015, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 716th in Japan. Across 8 competitions since August 2011, he has put 107 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.31 in August 2011 to 12.75, a 37% improvement. Shouta has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 12.75 | 15.01 | top 16.6% | 716 / 3,360 | |
| 4×4 | 50.90 | 1:02.97 | top 25.9% | 270 / 679 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.80 | 1:39.86 | top 32.2% | 191 / 426 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.43 | 31.67 | top 38.1% | 309 / 539 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.56 | 2:01.97 | top 39.7% | 201 / 313 | |
| Square-1 | 28.63 | 49.36 | top 46.9% | 152 / 251 | |
| Clock | 16.46 | 20.30 | top 53.6% | 190 / 268 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 149 / 205 | |
| 2×2 | 8.41 | 9.08 | top 70.3% | 800 / 1,026 |
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
- 23 Nov 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at UT Open 2014.
- 23 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at UT Open 2014.
- 8 Apr 2012Four personal bests in one day at Matsudo Spring 2012.
- 5 Nov 2011First sub-20 3×3: 19.38 at Matsudo Autumn 2011.
- 19 Aug 2011First competition: Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011. A 20.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- East Japan Big Cubes 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Matsudo Spring 2012 · 8 Apr 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Waseda Brain Challenge 2012 · 17 Mar 2012
- Tsukuba 2012 · 5 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Matsudo Autumn 2011 · 5 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011 · 19 Aug 2011
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.
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 21,117 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.