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Takumi Kitahara (北原拓海)

3×3 · top 58.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016KITA06

Takumi Kitahara (北原拓海) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.01, set at Japan Open 2017, puts him in the top 58.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,058th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since October 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.33 in October 2016 to 28.01, a 23% improvement. Takumi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.9% of 284,439 all-time
28.01
signature single · Japan Open 2017
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×328.0135.52
top 58.9%2,058 / 3,329
2×27.479.03
top 64.1%740 / 1,021

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 Open 2016: 36.33Meguro 2017: 30.94Japan Open 2017: 28.0128.0136.339 Oct 201616 Dec 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.