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Takahiro Namatame (生田目敬弘)

3×3 · top 63.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012NAMA01

Takahiro Namatame (生田目敬弘) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.59, set at UT Open 2012, puts him in the top 63.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,207th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since June 2012, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.05 in June 2012 to 30.59, a 39% improvement. Takahiro has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 63.6% of 284,439 all-time
30.59
signature single · UT Open 2012
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×330.5938.10
top 63.6%2,207 / 3,329
2×27.659.50
top 65.4%753 / 1,021

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

Kawasaki Open 2012: 50.05Kanto Open 2012: 41.41UT Open 2012: 30.59Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 34.3630.5950.053 Jun 20129 Mar 2013

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.