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Takafumi Haseda (長谷田貴史)

3×3 · top 18.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2006 · 2006HASE01

Takafumi Haseda (長谷田貴史) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.19, set at UT Open 2011, puts him in the top 18.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 765th in Japan. Across 24 competitions since July 2006, he has put 164 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.71 in July 2006 to 13.19, a 72% improvement. Takafumi has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.1% of 284,439 all-time
13.19
signature single · UT Open 2011
164
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×313.1916.55
top 18.1%765 / 3,329
4×41:20.211:25.65
top 56.1%493 / 667
5×52:15.722:35.51
top 58.6%301 / 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

Tokyo Open 2006: 46.71Japanese Championship 2006: 21.72Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 18.80Japan Open 2007: 22.05KCRC Busan competition 2007: 17.82KCA Korea Open 2008: 16.41Japan Open 2008: 14.68Osaka Open 2009: 16.71Japan Open 2009: 18.36Japan Open 2010: 14.90Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 16.6830th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 18.18Matsudo Open 2010: 15.50UT Open 2010: 16.56Matsudo Spring 2011: 17.25Japan Open 2011: 16.03World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 14.71Matsudo Autumn 2011: 16.56UT Open 2011: 13.19Tsukuba 2012: 16.93Shanghai Summer 2012: 16.34Sapporo Open 2014: 16.00Asian Championship 2014: 15.84Tribox Open Winter 2017: 19.1713.1946.7130 Jul 200614 Jan 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 20.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.