People · Japan
Daiki Matsumoto (松本大輝)
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008MATS02
Daiki Matsumoto (松本大輝) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2008, he has put 716 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.97 in May 2008 to 8.36, a 68% improvement. Daiki has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.36 | 10.66 | top 3.4% | 144 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.40 | top 4.7% | 59 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.72 | 17.38 | top 9.6% | 92 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 38.16 | 44.65 | top 10.0% | 97 / 667 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 8.05 | top 10.7% | 126 / 688 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.02 | 1:27.91 | top 19.9% | 120 / 420 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.05 | 1:58.32 | top 36.5% | 185 / 313 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | top 48.3% | 127 / 201 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 217 / 282 | |
| Square-1 | 37.38 | 1:00.76 | top 61.9% | 191 / 245 | |
| 6×6 | 4:12.88 | 4:55.75 | top 69.6% | 159 / 209 |
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
- 14 Oct 2011Five personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011.
- 23 Oct 2010Three personal bests in one day at Matsudo Open 2010.
- 21 Aug 2010First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010.
- 21 Aug 2010Four personal bests in one day at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010.
- 24 Jul 2010Four personal bests in one day at 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010.
- 27 Mar 2010Six personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2010.
Competitions
- Matsudo Spring 2012 · 8 Apr 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Matsudo Spring 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Osaka 2011 · 26 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Matsudo Open 2010 · 23 Oct 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010 · 24 Jul 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2010 · 6 Jun 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- JRCA Kanto Summer 2009 · 21 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Amagasaki Open 2009 · 12 Jan 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Kanazawa Open 2008 · 20 Dec 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Tokyo Open 2008 · 2 Aug 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Kashiwa Open 2008 · 5 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平) — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.