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Karin Iwano

3×3 · top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021IWAN01

Karin Iwano has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.77, set at NSW Open 2022, puts her in the top 23.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 978th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since March 2021, she has put 56 official solves on the record across eight events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.45 in March 2021 to 14.77, a 10% improvement. Karin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.77
signature single · NSW Open 2022
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.7716.22
top 23.6%978 / 3,329
2×25.077.23
top 40.2%496 / 1,021
Pyraminx9.3312.24
top 47.6%427 / 688
4×41:12.541:44.45
top 49.3%449 / 667
Skewb9.2211.14
top 49.9%219 / 338
3×3 one-handed36.7240.49
top 60.3%414 / 529
Megaminx3:13.41
early days — 2 solves281 / 313
Square-154.53
early days — 2 solves226 / 245

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

Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 16.45NSW Open 2022: 14.7714.7716.4528 Mar 202111 Jun 2022

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 her.

  • Jolina Chen — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Jeff Miao — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Kent Thomson — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as she improves.