People · Japan
Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行)
3×3 · top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003AKIM01
Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.30, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 783rd in Japan. Across 19 competitions since August 2003, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.79 in August 2003 to 13.30, a 25% improvement. Masayuki has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.30 | 17.22 | top 18.5% | 783 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:44.61 | — | top 28.2% | 126 / 282 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.87 | 1:13.58 | top 42.7% | 399 / 667 | |
| 2×2 | 6.78 | 8.32 | top 58.6% | 704 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.88 | 2:38.53 | top 68.1% | 342 / 420 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 495 / 529 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jul 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at JRCA Kansai Summer 2009.
- 3 Sep 2005Four personal bests in one day at Japanese Championship 2005.
- 23 Aug 2003First competition: World Rubik's Games Championship 2003. A 17.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Open 2013 · 23 Mar 2013
- Kansai Star Festival 2012 · 7 Jul 2012
- Osaka 2011 · 26 Mar 2011
- Asian Championship 2010 · 9 Oct 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009
- Japan Open 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Summer 2009 · 18 Jul 2009 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2009 · 30 May 2009
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008
- Osaka Open 2008 · 29 Mar 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2007 · 28 Jul 2007
- Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007 · 31 Mar 2007
- Japanese Championship 2006 · 12 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Open 2006 · 30 Jul 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006 · 5 Mar 2006
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Japanese Championship 2005 · 3 Sep 2005 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 · 23 Aug 2003 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tatsuya Ookubo (大久保達也) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 14.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.