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Masaharu Yamaoka (山岡正治)

3×3 · top 67.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018YAMA01

Masaharu Yamaoka (山岡正治) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.21, set at Omiya Bigs 2018, puts him in the top 67.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,320th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since February 2018, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.24 in February 2018 to 33.21, a 45% improvement. Masaharu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 67.9% of 284,439 all-time
33.21
signature single · Omiya Bigs 2018
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×333.2138.45
top 67.9%2,320 / 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

TMU Open 2018: 1:00.24YRCC Open 2018: 51.58Tribox Open Spring 2018: 37.13Omiya Bigs 2018: 33.2133.211:00.243 Feb 201810 Jun 2018

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.