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Takuya Sugimoto (杉本拓哉)

3×3 · top 88.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015SUGI03

Takuya Sugimoto (杉本拓哉) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 54.32, set at Japan Open 2016, puts him in the top 88.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,900th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since September 2015, he has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:12.71 in September 2015 to 54.32, a 25% improvement. Takuya has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 88.8% of 284,439 all-time
54.32
signature single · Japan Open 2016
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×354.321:07.77
top 88.8%2,900 / 3,329

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 2015: 1:12.71Japan Open 2016: 54.3254.321:12.7121 Sep 20159 Oct 2016

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 4.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.