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Keita Nomura (野村啓太)

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008NOMU01

Keita Nomura (野村啓太) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at UT Open 2015, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2008, he has put 638 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.80 in August 2008 to 8.34, a 47% improvement. Keita has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.34
signature single · UT Open 2015
638
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×38.3410.91
top 3.4%141 / 3,329
4×434.8140.03
top 6.5%69 / 667
5×51:13.911:17.55
top 14.5%90 / 420
6×62:45.092:57.70
top 33.5%86 / 209
7×74:23.934:43.27
top 39.0%85 / 188
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves118 / 201
3×3 blindfolded2:43.50—
top 47.7%182 / 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

Tokyo Open 2008: 15.80Osaka Open 2009: 14.80Japan Open 2009: 13.86Kawasaki Open 2012: 12.66UT Open 2012: 11.47Japan Open 2013: 11.02Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 11.46West Japan Big Cube 2013: 10.78UT Open 2013: 10.93Kanto Open 2014: 10.94Kansai Open 2014: 11.16Japan Contest Spring 2014: 10.13Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014: 10.50West Japan Big Cube 2014: 10.11Asian Championship 2014: 11.65UT Open 2014: 10.38Kansai Open 2015: 11.03East Japan Big Cubes 2015: 10.47Japan Open 2015: 10.19JRCA Kansai Fall 2015: 11.15UT Open 2015: 8.34Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015: 10.15Kanto Spring 2016: 11.18Circles Open Spring 2017: 10.39Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 10.89Japan Open 2017: 10.19Japan Championship 2019: 10.648.3415.802 Aug 20082 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.