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Kenichiro Tanaka (田中健一郎)

3×3 · top 34.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010TANA04

Kenichiro Tanaka (田中健一郎) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.03, set at Kawasaki Spring 2016, puts him in the top 34.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,327th in Japan. Across 9 competitions since December 2010, he has put 95 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.65 in December 2010 to 18.03, a 75% improvement. Kenichiro has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.2% of 284,439 all-time
18.03
signature single · Kawasaki Spring 2016
95
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×318.0319.06
top 34.2%1,327 / 3,329
2×25.8611.40
top 49.4%610 / 1,021
4×41:17.461:27.28
top 53.8%477 / 667
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves
early days — 2 solves182 / 201
Skewb27.4143.56
top 96.2%333 / 338
5×56:35.587:54.83
top 99.2%417 / 420
3×3 one-handed3:41.974:16.93
top 99.8%527 / 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

Ishikawa Gokoku Shinto Shrine Open 2010: 1:11.65Kansai Open 2012: 29.09West Japan Big Cube 2012: 24.94Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 21.41Kansai Open 2014: 25.50Sapporo Open 2014: 20.40Kawasaki Spring 2016: 18.03Kanto Summer 2016: 18.67Tribox Open Spring 2019: 18.1118.031:11.654 Dec 201028 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.03 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.