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Masaya Kobayashi (小林雅也)

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KOBA01

Masaya Kobayashi (小林雅也) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at Kobe Open 2018, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 583rd in Japan. Across 5 competitions since February 2017, he has put 48 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in February 2017 to 11.97, an 18% improvement. Masaya has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.97
signature single · Kobe Open 2018
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.9714.35
top 13.8%583 / 3,329
4×41:17.841:25.37
top 54.1%481 / 667

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

JRCA Kansai Winter 2017: 14.68Kansai Summer 2017: 13.16Kansai Big Cube 2017: 12.69Kobe Open 2018: 11.97Kansai Open 2018: 12.2711.9714.6812 Feb 201731 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 17.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.