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Takeshi Yamamoto (山本武士)

3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014YAMA02

Takeshi Yamamoto (山本武士) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.00, set at Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in Japan. Across 11 competitions since October 2014, he has put 140 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.40 in October 2014 to 11.00, a 37% improvement. Takeshi has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.00
signature single · Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015
140
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.0012.94
top 10.5%455 / 3,329
2×23.006.55
top 14.2%190 / 1,021
3×3 one-handed20.2026.03
top 21.0%176 / 529
Pyraminx8.2511.82
top 38.3%379 / 688
4×41:10.251:23.28
top 47.1%437 / 667
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves49.67
top 71.5%165 / 201

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

Japan Contest Autumn 2014: 17.40Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015: 11.00Japan Contest Spring 2015: 13.63Japan Open 2015: 12.33UT Open 2015: 13.36Kawasaki Spring 2016: 12.16Tachikawa Open 2016: 12.26Japan Open 2016: 11.51Tribox Open Winter 2017: 11.10Circles Open Spring 2017: 12.1011.0017.4013 Oct 20144 Mar 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.