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Kazuya Nobata (野畑知哉)

3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017NOBA01

Kazuya Nobata (野畑知哉) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.77, set at Tohoku 2018, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 560th in Japan. Across 6 competitions since January 2017, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.27 in January 2017 to 11.77, a 28% improvement. Kazuya has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.77
signature single · Tohoku 2018
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.7714.92
top 13.1%560 / 3,329
2×24.425.92
top 31.9%405 / 1,021
4×41:00.591:02.51
top 37.1%365 / 667
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves41.67
early days — 3 solves118 / 201
3×3 one-handed39.3144.61
top 64.3%432 / 529
3×3 blindfolded4:10.08
early days — 1 solve238 / 282

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

Tribox Open Winter 2017: 16.27Tohoku Open 2017: 14.23Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2017: 13.85Japan Open 2017: 14.95Tohoku 2018: 11.77Japan Championship 2019: 14.0211.7716.2714 Jan 20172 Nov 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.