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Ayano Maria Yoshida
2×2 · top 52.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009YOSH01
Ayano Maria Yoshida has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.19, set at Dutch Open 2012, puts her in the top 52.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 647th in Japan. Across 18 competitions since November 2009, she has put 280 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 58.86 in November 2009 to 30.18, a 49% improvement. Ayano has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 6.19 | 12.31 | top 52.8% | 647 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 30.18 | 35.95 | top 62.8% | 2,183 / 3,329 | |
| Clock | 19.61 | 25.06 | top 63.5% | 216 / 263 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 168 / 201 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.25 | 21.19 | top 74.3% | 575 / 688 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:06.86 | 1:48.70 | top 87.6% | 502 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 3:11.50 | — | top 97.3% | 658 / 667 |
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
- 8 Dec 2012Three personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2012.
- 12 Mar 2011Five personal bests in one day at Mantua Spring 2011.
- 16 Oct 2010Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2010.
- 7 Nov 2009First competition: UK Open 2009. A 58.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
- Edinburgh Open 2013 · 26 Jan 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2012 · 3 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- UK Open 2011 · 12 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2011 · 29 Oct 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 21 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Mantua Spring 2011 · 12 Mar 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Aachen Open 2011 · 14 Jan 2011
- UK Open 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2010 · 16 Oct 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2010 · 6 Jun 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 1 personal best set
- UK Open 2009 · 7 Nov 2009
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.
- Erik Akkersdijk — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lars Vandenbergh — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as she improves.