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Masato Kobayashi (小林正人)

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012KOBA01

Masato Kobayashi (小林正人) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Omiya Bigs 2018, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in Japan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2012, he has put 427 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.65 in April 2012 to 9.15, a 21% improvement. Masato has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.15
signature single · Omiya Bigs 2018
427
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×39.1510.59
top 5.2%216 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed15.4019.27
top 8.9%84 / 529
4×438.8140.99
top 10.7%109 / 667
2×22.964.27
top 13.8%185 / 1,021
5×51:29.091:34.36
top 26.5%155 / 420
3×3 blindfolded2:42.03
top 47.1%180 / 282
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves
early days — 2 solves137 / 201

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

Matsudo Spring 2012: 11.65Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 11.65Kanto Open 2012: 11.38Japan Open 2012: 9.83UT Open 2012: 10.03Kanto Winter 2012: 11.52Japan Contest Spring 2013: 11.19Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 11.53Japan Open 2015: 9.90UT Open 2015: 9.88Kawasaki Spring 2016: 9.72Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016: 9.65Japan Open 2016: 10.18Yokohama 2017: 9.64Omiya Bigs 2018: 9.15Japan Championship 2019: 9.879.1511.658 Apr 20122 Nov 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.