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Taihei Serizawa (芹澤泰平)
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012SERI01
Taihei Serizawa (芹澤泰平) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at UT Open 2012, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 400th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2012, he has put 59 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.77 in June 2012 to 10.56, a 17% improvement. Taihei has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.56 | 13.69 | top 9.1% | 400 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.75 | 5.60 | top 23.3% | 299 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 50.21 | 1:01.58 | top 25.0% | 258 / 667 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.11 | 36.06 | top 55.6% | 392 / 529 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.21 | 2:29.63 | top 62.1% | 320 / 420 |
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
- 12 Aug 2012Three personal bests in one day at Kanto Open 2012.
- 3 Jun 2012First competition: Kawasaki Open 2012. A 12.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UT Open 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Open 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2012 · 3 Jun 2012
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 12 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.