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Atsuro Nishiyama (西山淳朗)

3×3 · top 72.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014NISH05

Atsuro Nishiyama (西山淳朗) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.46, set at Tribox Open Winter 2017, puts him in the top 72.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,448th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. Atsuro has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 72.5% of 284,439 all-time
36.46
signature single · Tribox Open Winter 2017
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×336.4641.12
top 72.5%2,448 / 3,329
Pyraminx17.4821.15
top 88.8%648 / 688

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

Asian Championship 2014: 38.52Tribox Open Winter 2017: 36.46Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 39.7036.4639.701 Nov 201429 Jul 2017

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.46 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 2.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.