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Kenji Shinmi (新美研二)

3×3 · top 61.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011SHIN02

Kenji Shinmi (新美研二) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.61, set at Kawasaki Autumn 2013, puts him in the top 61.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,143rd in Japan. Across 2 competitions since February 2011, he has put 9 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.33 in February 2011 to 29.61, a 28% improvement. Kenji has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 61.8% of 284,439 all-time
29.61
signature single · Kawasaki Autumn 2013
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×329.6131.14
top 61.8%2,143 / 3,329

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

NUS Rubik's Cube Competition 2011: 41.33Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 29.6129.6141.3320 Feb 201115 Sep 2013

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.