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Shunnosuke Takahashi (高橋峻之介)

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012TAKA01

Shunnosuke Takahashi (高橋峻之介) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at UT Open 2014, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2012, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. 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 11.19 in May 2012 to 7.68, a 31% improvement. Shunnosuke has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.68
signature single · UT Open 2014
136
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
3×37.689.58
top 2.2%90 / 3,329
4×438.3555.34
top 10.2%101 / 667
3×3 one-handed18.6824.80
top 16.9%141 / 529
5×51:23.631:51.28
top 22.1%134 / 420
2×23.784.82
top 23.7%301 / 1,021
Pyraminx10.3412.53
top 55.7%482 / 688

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

Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 11.19Japan Open 2013: 10.43Asian Championship 2014: 10.36UT Open 2014: 7.68Japan Championship 2019: 8.287.6811.194 May 20122 Nov 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.