People · Japan
Taku Yamada (山田卓)
3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008YAMA05
Taku Yamada (山田卓) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.88, set at UT Open 2011, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 573rd in Japan. Across 5 competitions since October 2008, he has put 79 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in October 2008 to 11.88, a 21% improvement. Taku has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.88 | 14.25 | top 13.5% | 573 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 56.40 | 1:04.66 | top 32.4% | 321 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.28 | 1:50.93 | top 32.5% | 189 / 420 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jul 2011Three personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2011.
- 26 Mar 2011First sub-15 3×3: 12.91 at Osaka 2011.
- 4 Oct 2008First competition: Japan Open 2008. A 17.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hokuriku Eve 2011 · 24 Dec 2011
- UT Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Osaka 2011 · 26 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yohei Oka (岡要平) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 6.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.