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Mitsuru Inoue (井上満)

3×3 · top 50.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010INOU01

Mitsuru Inoue (井上満) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.00, set at Tsukuba 2012, puts him in the top 50.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,804th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since July 2010, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.02 in July 2010 to 24.00, a 58% improvement. Mitsuru has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.4% of 284,439 all-time
24.00
signature single · Tsukuba 2012
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.0030.44
top 50.4%1,804 / 3,329
2×212.8025.80
top 86.4%931 / 1,021

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

30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 57.02Osaka 2011: 34.61Matsudo Spring 2011: 36.08Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011: 26.65Tsukuba 2012: 24.0024.0057.0224 Jul 20105 Feb 2012

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.