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Takehiro Sato (佐藤雄大)

3×3 · top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008SATO02

Takehiro Sato (佐藤雄大) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.13, set at Kyushu Open 2012, puts him in the top 45.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,665th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since August 2008, he has put 12 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.41 in August 2008 to 22.13, a 32% improvement. Takehiro has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.13
signature single · Kyushu Open 2012
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×322.1324.46
top 45.8%1,665 / 3,329
4×41:36.081:51.38
top 68.0%560 / 667

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 2008: 32.41Kyushu Open 2012: 22.1322.1332.412 Aug 200818 Feb 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 6.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.