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Yuichiro Saito (齋藤雄一朗)

3×3 · top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SAIT08

Yuichiro Saito (齋藤雄一朗) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.01, set at Ayase 2019, puts him in the top 21.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 881st in Japan. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.31 in December 2017 to 14.01, a 27% improvement. Yuichiro has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.01
signature single · Ayase 2019
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.0116.02
top 21.0%881 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed20.2424.58
top 21.1%177 / 529
2×23.924.57
top 25.5%318 / 1,021
Skewb9.8413.90
top 53.9%239 / 338
3×3 blindfolded4:22.32
early days — 2 solves246 / 282

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 2017: 19.31Tribox Open Spring 2018: 14.30Japan Championship 2018: 16.34Ayase 2019: 14.0114.0119.3116 Dec 20172 Feb 2019

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 2.01 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.