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Moe Nakano (中野萌絵)

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2007 · 2007NAKA02

Moe Nakano (中野萌絵) has been competing for 19 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at UT Open 2011, puts her in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2007, she has put 218 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 33.41 in July 2007 to 9.50, a 72% improvement. Moe has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.50
signature single · UT Open 2011
218
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×39.5010.88
top 6.1%257 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed19.7227.97
top 19.8%167 / 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

Japan Open 2007: 33.41Kashiwa Open 2008: 23.19Tokyo Open 2008: 16.19Japan Open 2008: 16.63Osaka Open 2009: 11.97JRCA Kanto Summer 2009: 11.05Japan Open 2009: 12.50JRCA Kanto Winter 2010: 11.77Japan Open 2010: 11.88Kawasaki Open 2010: 13.2530th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 10.68Matsudo Open 2010: 10.81UT Open 2010: 11.11Osaka 2011: 10.40Matsudo Spring 2011: 11.02Matsudo Autumn 2011: 9.72UT Open 2011: 9.50Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 11.439.5033.4128 Jul 200715 Sep 2013

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.72 away.

Targets move as she improves.