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Takaaki Kitai (北井孝明)
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023KITA02
Takaaki Kitai (北井孝明) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.46, set at Tokai Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 391st in Japan. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since September 2023, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 11.75 | top 8.9% | 391 / 3,360 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.66 | 1:40.79 | top 32.1% | 190 / 426 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.52 | 12.65 | top 64.1% | 525 / 691 |
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 story so far
- 9 Sep 2023First competition: Tokai Open 2023. A 10.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
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.
- Kazumi Morimoto (森本一光) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-1:30 5×5 single — 11,339 people have one; it is 5.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.