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Yuki Saito (齋藤勇輝)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012SAIT02
Yuki Saito (齋藤勇輝) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at Japan Contest Autumn 2014, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in Japan. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2012, he has put 199 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.80 in August 2012 to 9.71, a 70% improvement. Yuki has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.71 | 11.42 | top 6.7% | 291 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 46.93 | 51.71 | top 20.7% | 212 / 667 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.81 | 28.13 | top 28.2% | 225 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 4.96 | 6.32 | top 38.8% | 477 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.43 | 2:04.70 | top 43.6% | 241 / 420 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Oct 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Japan Contest Autumn 2014.
- 9 Mar 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Rabbit And Turtle 2013.
- 25 Nov 2012First sub-20 3×3: 16.59 at UT Open 2012.
- 16 Sep 2012First sub-30 3×3: 23.78 at Japan Open 2012.
- 12 Aug 2012First competition: Kanto Open 2012. A 32.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016
- Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015 · 13 Dec 2015
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015
- East Japan Big Cubes 2015 · 8 Aug 2015
- Japan Contest Spring 2015 · 3 May 2015
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Contest Autumn 2014 · 13 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Contest Spring 2014 · 29 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013 · 11 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Rabbit And Turtle 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2012 · 16 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Open 2012 · 12 Aug 2012
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.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.