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Yoshiaki Hirayama (平山善章)

3×3 · top 22.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007HIRA03

Yoshiaki Hirayama (平山善章) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.30, set at Kansai Open 2012, puts him in the top 22.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 917th in Japan. Across 19 competitions since November 2007, he has put 153 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.75 in November 2007 to 14.30, a 42% improvement. Yoshiaki has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.30
signature single · Kansai Open 2012
153
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.3016.07
top 22.0%917 / 3,329
3×3 blindfolded2:37.50
top 45.6%174 / 282
4×41:12.711:19.90
top 49.5%450 / 667
3×3 one-handed1:06.462:04.08
top 87.4%500 / 529

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

Ibaraki competition 2007: 24.75Tokyo Open 2008: 21.22Japan Open 2008: 17.33Osaka Open 2009: 16.71Japan Open 2009: 17.33Toyama Open 2009: 15.44Japan Open 2010: 18.5630th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 18.78JRCA Kansai Summer 2010: 15.68Osaka 2011: 14.41West Japan Big Cubes 2011: 15.30Japan Open 2011: 15.78Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011: 14.41World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 15.44Kansai Open 2012: 14.30Tokai Open 2012: 15.66Hiroshima Open 2012: 17.55Japan Open 2012: 22.65Japan Open 2013: 20.1514.3024.7517 Nov 20071 Jun 2013

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 2.30 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 37.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.