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Aiko Nakata (中田愛子)

2×2 · top 25.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014NAKA04

Aiko Nakata (中田愛子) has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.95, set at Tribox Open Spring 2018, puts her in the top 25.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 326th in Japan. Across 18 competitions since June 2014, she has put 156 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 54.84 in June 2014 to 18.67, a 66% improvement. Aiko has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.95
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2018
156
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×23.958.95
top 25.9%326 / 1,021
Pyraminx7.909.51
top 35.4%355 / 688
3×318.6725.39
top 36.1%1,387 / 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

Kawasaki Spring 2014: 54.84Japan Contest Autumn 2014: 46.88Asian Championship 2014: 31.00UT Open 2014: 43.68Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 35.97Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015: 32.50Kawasaki Summer 2015: 35.34UT Open 2015: 35.38Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015: 32.18Circles Open Spring 2017: 29.20Meguro 2017: 25.48Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 18.67Suginami Open 2017: 24.84Japan Open 2017: 22.83Tribox Open Spring 2018: 22.67Tribox Open Spring 2019: 20.88Kurukuru Summer 2019: 25.01Taiwan Championship 2024: 27.2118.6754.848 Jun 20146 Dec 2024

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as she improves.