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Haruo Aoki (青木治雄)

3×3 · top 62.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009AOKI01

Haruo Aoki (青木治雄) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.02, set at Kansai Open 2016, puts him in the top 62.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,173rd in Japan. Across 14 competitions since January 2009, he has put 76 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.69 in January 2009 to 30.02, a 33% improvement. Haruo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 62.6% of 284,439 all-time
30.02
signature single · Kansai Open 2016
76
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×330.0235.70
top 62.6%2,173 / 3,329
2×210.6814.19
top 80.5%878 / 1,021

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

Amagasaki Open 2009: 44.69Osaka Open 2009: 47.06JRCA Kansai Spring 2009: 45.05Doshisha Open 2009: 37.77Japan Open 2010: 37.19JRCA Kansai Summer 2010: 32.61West Japan Big Cubes 2011: 33.41Japan Open 2011: 33.03Kyotanabe Open 2011: 40.46Kansai Star Festival 2012: 36.05East Osaka 2012: 36.55Kansai Open 2013: 35.71Kansai Star Festival 2013: 33.71Kansai Open 2016: 30.0230.0247.0612 Jan 200919 Mar 2016

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 0.02 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.