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Eiichi Watanabe (渡辺英一)

3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2006 · 2006WATA01

Eiichi Watanabe (渡辺英一) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.03, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,126th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since July 2006, he has put 26 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.59 in July 2006 to 16.03, a 40% improvement. Eiichi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.03
signature single · Japan Open 2009
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×316.0319.56
top 27.9%1,126 / 3,329

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

Tokyo Open 2006: 26.59Japan Open 2007: 22.78Tokyo Open 2008: 20.05Japan Open 2009: 16.0330th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 19.0216.0326.5930 Jul 200624 Jul 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.