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Manabu Kawahara (河原学)

3×3 · top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2006 · 2006KAWA01

Manabu Kawahara (河原学) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.33, set at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,155th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since October 2006, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in October 2006 to 16.33, a 13% improvement. Manabu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.33
signature single · Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×316.3319.35
top 28.9%1,155 / 3,329
Clock26.61
early days — 2 solves242 / 263
5×53:51.93
early days — 2 solves392 / 420

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

Rubik's Cube OGU Open 2006: 18.75Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 16.3316.3318.7528 Oct 200631 Mar 2007

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 1.33 away.
  • A sub-25 Clock single — 24,572 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.