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Takeshi Hino (日野健志)

3×3 · top 23.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012HINO01

Takeshi Hino (日野健志) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.59, set at Japan Contest Spring 2014, puts him in the top 23.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 958th in Japan. Across 45 competitions since July 2012, he has put 443 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.59 in August 2012 to 14.59, a 43% improvement. Takeshi has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.59
signature single · Japan Contest Spring 2014
443
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.5917.12
top 23.0%958 / 3,329
2×24.165.84
top 28.5%356 / 1,021
4×457.1959.77
top 33.3%329 / 667
Square-125.0834.00
top 39.4%135 / 245
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves41.67
top 40.9%116 / 201
Pyraminx8.6111.51
top 41.5%396 / 688
Clock15.7117.73
top 50.7%177 / 263
3×3 blindfolded3:02.863:41.82
top 53.3%205 / 282
5×52:10.062:27.93
top 55.5%286 / 420
Megaminx2:28.652:48.85
top 60.5%259 / 313
Skewb11.3919.38
top 62.9%272 / 338
3×3 one-handed40.4142.62
top 65.9%444 / 529
6×64:09.454:17.21
early days — 3 solves155 / 209
7×76:20.856:26.00
early days — 3 solves150 / 188

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

Kanto Open 2012: 25.59Japan Open 2012: 20.90Japan Contest 2012: 21.05Japan Contest Spring 2014: 14.59Kawasaki Spring 2014: 17.27Asian Championship 2014: 18.91Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 17.96Kawasaki Summer 2015: 18.18East Japan Big Cubes 2015: 16.65Kanto Spring 2016: 17.93Kawasaki Spring 2016: 18.21Kanto Summer 2016: 18.13Tachikawa Open 2016: 17.01Japan Open 2016: 19.83Tribox Open Winter 2017: 17.17Circles Open Spring 2017: 16.62Meguro 2017: 16.01Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 15.63Yokohama 2017: 15.14YRCC Open 2018: 16.59Tribox Open Spring 2018: 17.65Omiya Bigs 2018: 15.81Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 17.69Saitama 2018: 18.74Japan Championship 2018: 16.49Tribox Open Spring 2019: 14.62Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 14.96Ayase Autumn 2019: 15.39Japan Championship 2019: 16.42Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 17.31Tokyo Spring AM 2025: 16.21Ota Winter 2026: 17.17Kanto Winter 2026: 16.8014.5925.5912 Aug 201221 Feb 2026

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.