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Atsushi Matsumoto (松本淳)

3×3 · top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008MATS01

Atsushi Matsumoto (松本淳) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.36, set at Kanto Open 2012, puts him in the top 22.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 924th in Japan. Across 9 competitions since May 2008, he has put 75 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.38 in May 2008 to 14.36, a 54% improvement. Atsushi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.36
signature single · Kanto Open 2012
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.3616.27
top 22.2%924 / 3,329
2×25.836.92
top 49.1%606 / 1,021
Pyraminx12.8415.28
top 72.1%565 / 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

Kashiwa Open 2008: 31.38Tokyo Open 2008: 29.75Japan Open 2008: 39.94Japan Open 2009: 26.5830th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 21.81Matsudo Spring 2011: 18.72Tsukuba 2012: 19.00Kanto Open 2012: 14.36Japan Open 2012: 14.5914.3639.945 May 200816 Sep 2012

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 2.36 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.