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Takanori Matsumoto (松本高憲)

3×3 one-handed · top 17.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010MATS01

Takanori Matsumoto (松本高憲) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 18.71, set at Japan Contest 2012, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in Japan. Across 8 competitions since June 2010, he has put 65 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.65 in June 2010 to 13.72, a 64% improvement. Takanori has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 17.0% of 73,695 all-time
18.71
signature single · Japan Contest 2012
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 one-handed18.7122.72
top 17.0%143 / 529
3×313.7215.04
top 20.0%842 / 3,329
3×3 blindfolded1:32.30
early days — 3 solves109 / 282
Megaminx2:19.472:39.63
top 56.0%250 / 313

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 2010: 37.6530th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 22.41UT Open 2010: 16.81UT Open 2011: 16.27Japan Open 2012: 13.72Japan Contest 2012: 14.2513.7237.656 Jun 20104 Nov 2012

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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.71 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.