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Masaaki Tanaka (田中正晃)
3×3 · top 17.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016TANA01
Masaaki Tanaka (田中正晃) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.94, set at Kansai Summer 2019, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 748th in Japan. Across 10 competitions since April 2016, he has put 212 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.06 in April 2016 to 12.94, a 39% improvement. Masaaki has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 12.94 | 16.04 | top 17.3% | 748 / 3,360 | |
| Clock | 10.28 | 13.13 | top 26.4% | 96 / 268 | |
| 4×4 | 53.64 | 1:05.17 | top 29.2% | 300 / 679 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.19 | 9.77 | top 29.4% | 308 / 691 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 6.16 | top 29.8% | 372 / 1,026 | |
| Square-1 | 21.80 | 25.28 | top 32.1% | 114 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.36 | 35.28 | top 37.9% | 305 / 539 | |
| Skewb | 7.65 | 12.46 | top 38.7% | 201 / 354 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:21.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 162 / 285 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.95 | 2:46.83 | top 64.4% | 331 / 426 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.25 | 3:02.54 | top 64.9% | 268 / 313 | |
| 6×6 | 4:46.64 | 5:04.59 | early days — 3 solves | 181 / 209 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 186 / 205 |
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
- 1 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Kansai Summer 2019.
- 1 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kansai Summer 2019.
- 19 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Kansai Open 2017.
- 29 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Kyushu Open 2016.
- 9 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2016.
- 5 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.47 at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016.
Competitions
- Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Summer 2019 · 1 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2017 · 11 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Kyushu Open 2016 · 29 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016 · 5 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2016 · 29 May 2016
- Cherry Blossom Viewing 2016 · 9 Apr 2016
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.
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,178 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.