People · Japan
Junko Ootsu (大津順子)
3×3 · top 34.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005OOTS01
Junko Ootsu (大津順子) has been competing for 21 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.06, set at Japan Open 2008, puts her in the top 34.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,330th in Japan. Across 13 competitions since September 2005, she has put 133 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:26.37 in September 2005 to 18.06, a 79% improvement. Junko has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 18.06 | 20.33 | top 34.3% | 1,330 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.21 | 1:26.84 | top 44.2% | 409 / 667 | |
| Clock | 16.88 | 28.73 | top 55.1% | 193 / 263 | |
| 2×2 | 7.72 | 8.75 | top 65.9% | 758 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.69 | 3:17.89 | top 73.7% | 357 / 420 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.85 | 20.12 | top 77.1% | 589 / 688 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:27.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 519 / 529 |
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
- 4 Oct 2008First sub-20 3×3: 18.06 at Japan Open 2008.
- 4 Oct 2008Three personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2008.
- 5 Oct 2007Three personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007.
- 5 Mar 2006First sub-60 3×3: 29.79 at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006.
- 5 Mar 2006First sub-30 3×3: 29.79 at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006.
- 3 Sep 2005First competition: Japanese Championship 2005. A 1:26.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Tokyo Open 2008 · 2 Aug 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Kashiwa Open 2008 · 5 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Open 2008 · 29 Mar 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Kawasaki Open 2008 · 14 Jan 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2007 · 28 Jul 2007
- Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007 · 31 Mar 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Machida Open 2007 · 28 Jan 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Japanese Championship 2006 · 12 Nov 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Open 2006 · 30 Jul 2006
- Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006 · 5 Mar 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Japanese Championship 2005 · 3 Sep 2005
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 her.
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.06 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 7.21 away.
Targets move as she improves.