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Takeru Baba (馬場建)

3×3 · top 49.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012BABA02

Takeru Baba (馬場建) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.47, set at Kyotanabe Open 2012, puts him in the top 49.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,769th in Japan. Across 1 competition since May 2012, he has put 9 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 49.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.47
signature single · Kyotanabe Open 2012
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×323.4729.01
top 49.1%1,769 / 3,329
Pyraminx11.5514.41
top 64.3%524 / 688

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 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 3.47 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.