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Taihei Okamoto (岡本泰平)
Square-1 · top 12.2% of 25,662 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013OKAM02
Taihei Okamoto (岡本泰平) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 13.13, set at Kansai Open 2015, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Japan. Across 10 competitions since November 2013, he has put 119 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.78 in November 2013 to 14.75, a 40% improvement. Taihei has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 13.13 | 17.33 | top 12.2% | 48 / 251 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 8.14 | top 22.1% | 235 / 691 | |
| 3×3 | 14.75 | 17.85 | top 23.7% | 997 / 3,360 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | top 26.9% | 89 / 205 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.43 | 35.39 | top 30.0% | 248 / 539 | |
| 2×2 | 5.33 | 6.91 | top 43.4% | 539 / 1,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.18 | 1:19.51 | top 47.1% | 446 / 679 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:07.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 211 / 285 |
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: 14.75 at UT Open 2014.
- 21 Mar 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.65 at Kansai Open 2014.
- 24 Nov 2013First competition: UT Open 2013. A 24.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Open 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Waseda Brain Challenge 2015 · 28 Feb 2015
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014 · 8 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Spring 2014 · 8 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2013 · 24 Nov 2013
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.
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.