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Yoshifumi Kitayama (北山祥文)

3×3 · top 51.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008KITA04

Yoshifumi Kitayama (北山祥文) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.28, set at Rabbit and Turtle 2012, puts him in the top 51.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,828th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since May 2008, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.66 in May 2008 to 24.28, a 30% improvement. Yoshifumi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 51.0% of 284,439 all-time
24.28
signature single · Rabbit and Turtle 2012
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.2828.81
top 51.0%1,828 / 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

Kashiwa Open 2008: 34.66Japan Open 2009: 26.18Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 24.2824.2834.665 May 20084 May 2012

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.