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Masato Onobe (小野邉優人)

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008ONOB01

Masato Onobe (小野邉優人) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Matsudo Open 2010, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 415th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2008, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.94 in October 2008 to 10.66, a 24% improvement. Masato has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.66
signature single · Matsudo Open 2010
82
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×310.6612.05
top 9.4%415 / 3,329
2×22.815.18
top 12.1%162 / 1,021
4×446.9651.95
top 20.8%213 / 667
3×3 one-handed23.1127.52
top 29.1%234 / 529
5×51:57.362:05.70
top 47.6%257 / 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

Japan Open 2008: 13.94Kawasaki Open 2010: 13.74Matsudo Open 2010: 10.66UT Open 2010: 11.6510.6613.944 Oct 200821 Nov 2010

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.