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Takenori Kataoka (片岡武典)

3×3 · top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010KATA02

Takenori Kataoka (片岡武典) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.93, set at UT Open 2011, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,215th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since July 2010, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.47 in July 2010 to 16.93, a 55% improvement. Takenori has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.93
signature single · UT Open 2011
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×316.9318.34
top 30.8%1,215 / 3,329

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

30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 37.47UT Open 2010: 22.90Matsudo Spring 2011: 18.91UT Open 2011: 16.9316.9337.4724 Jul 201027 Nov 2011

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 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.