People · Japan
Eiji Okeda (桶田英次)
Pyraminx · top 58.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009OKED01
Eiji Okeda (桶田英次) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Osaka 2011, puts him in the top 58.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 498th in Japan. Across 20 competitions since March 2009, he has put 172 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:32.18 in March 2009 to 30.15, a 67% improvement. Eiji has entered 20 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 10.66 | 13.38 | top 58.0% | 498 / 688 | |
| 3×3 | 30.15 | 43.04 | top 62.8% | 2,180 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 12.05 | 14.56 | top 84.5% | 915 / 1,021 | |
| Square-1 | 1:19.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 238 / 245 | |
| 4×4 | 2:40.66 | 3:24.08 | top 93.8% | 649 / 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
- 30 May 2009First sub-60 3×3: 57.77 at JRCA Kansai Spring 2009.
- 28 Mar 2009First competition: Osaka Open 2009. A 1:32.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Star Festival 2012 · 7 Jul 2012
- Kyotanabe Open 2012 · 26 May 2012
- Tokai Open 2012 · 29 Apr 2012
- Kansai Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012
- Kyushu Open 2012 · 18 Feb 2012
- Kansai New Year 2012 · 14 Jan 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Kyotanabe Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011
- Japan Open 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- West Japan Big Cubes 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka 2011 · 26 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai New Year 2011 · 8 Jan 2011 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Summer 2010 · 18 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010
- Doshisha Open 2009 · 28 Nov 2009
- JRCA Kansai Summer 2009 · 18 Jul 2009 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2009 · 30 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Hokuriku 2009 · 2 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Open 2009 · 28 Mar 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 his.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yohei Oka (岡要平) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.