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Gen Okamoto (岡本元)

3×3 · top 65.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013OKAM01

Gen Okamoto (岡本元) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.75, set at Japan Open 2015, puts him in the top 65.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,264th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since March 2013, he has put 55 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.88 in March 2013 to 31.75, a 54% improvement. Gen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 65.5% of 284,439 all-time
31.75
signature single · Japan Open 2015
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×331.7536.69
top 65.5%2,264 / 3,329
2×28.5311.13
top 71.0%806 / 1,021
Pyraminx14.5528.81
top 80.2%611 / 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

Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 1:08.88Kawasaki Open 2013: 49.75Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 46.90Japan Contest Spring 2014: 40.97Japan Open 2015: 31.7531.751:08.889 Mar 201321 Sep 2015

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.