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Kota Tanaka (田中康太)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022TANA02
Kota Tanaka (田中康太) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Ayase Autumn A 2022, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2022, he has put 33 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Kota has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.65 | top 2.4% | 96 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.94 | 17.41 | top 81.6% | 615 / 688 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: Minatomirai 2022. A 8.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Challenge Winter B 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuji Ishii (石井佑嗣) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shoji Nishimura (西村晶司) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.