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Masanobu Nakashima (中島政信)

3×3 · top 51.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2010 · 2010NAKA01

Masanobu Nakashima (中島政信) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.65, set at Kyushu Open 2013, puts him in the top 51.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,857th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since March 2010, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.50 in March 2010 to 24.65, a 14% improvement. Masanobu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 51.8% of 284,439 all-time
24.65
signature single · Kyushu Open 2013
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.6529.10
top 51.8%1,857 / 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

Japan Open 2010: 28.50Kyushu Open 2012: 25.08Kyushu Open 2013: 24.6524.6528.5027 Mar 201029 Dec 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Mar 2010First competition: Japan Open 2010. A 28.50 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.