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Yoshitaka Kume (久米祥隆)

3×3 · top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009KUME01

Yoshitaka Kume (久米祥隆) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.90, set at Tokai Open 2012, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since March 2009, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.68 in March 2009 to 11.90, a 42% improvement. Yoshitaka has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.90
signature single · Tokai Open 2012
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.9018.74
top 13.6%577 / 3,329
Clock12.5316.27
top 37.5%139 / 263
3×3 one-handed55.691:07.94
top 81.2%481 / 529
4×43:02.413:24.44
top 96.6%656 / 667

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

Osaka Open 2009: 20.68Toyama Open 2009: 17.84Tokai Open 2012: 11.90Cherry Blossom Viewing Open 2013: 17.58Tokai Open 2014: 17.5611.9020.6828 Mar 20096 Dec 2014

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.