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Akira Misawa (三沢昂)

3×3 blindfolded · top 10.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010MISA01

Akira Misawa (三沢昂) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 52.80, set at Japan Open 2015, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Japan. Across 20 competitions since August 2010, he has put 299 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.52 in August 2010 to 11.97, a 61% improvement. Akira has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 10.8% of 12,178 all-time
52.80
signature single · Japan Open 2015
299
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 blindfolded52.802:03.85
top 10.8%53 / 282
3×311.9713.17
top 13.8%583 / 3,329
4×446.1552.40
top 19.7%200 / 667
3×3 one-handed24.6837.26
top 33.4%271 / 529
5×51:46.781:58.56
top 40.4%221 / 420
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 35:20
early days — 1 solve73 / 128
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 1 solve127 / 201
2×27.508.32
top 64.3%742 / 1,021
6×64:16.914:35.62
top 70.8%161 / 209
4×4 blindfolded14:14.00
early days — 2 solves58 / 81
Megaminx3:12.563:32.79
top 78.5%280 / 313
5×5 blindfolded31:31.00
early days — 1 solve43 / 50

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

Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010: 30.52Matsudo Open 2010: 20.34Matsudo Spring 2011: 19.08Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011: 14.16Matsudo Autumn 2011: 15.61UT Open 2011: 14.55Tsukuba 2012: 15.36Kawasaki Open 2012: 12.40Kanto Open 2012: 13.13Japan Open 2012: 13.52Asian Championship 2014: 12.61Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 12.56Tohoku Open 2015: 11.97Japan Open 2015: 12.5311.9730.5221 Aug 201021 Sep 2015

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-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.