People · Japan
Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹)
3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013YAMA03
Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.13, set at JRCA Kansai Spring 2016, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 604th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since July 2013, he has put 66 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 14.19 in July 2013 to 12.13, a 15% improvement. Naoki has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.13 | 12.79 | top 14.3% | 604 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 43.42 | 45.66 | top 16.3% | 164 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.79 | 1:29.18 | top 21.4% | 127 / 420 | |
| Megaminx | 2:04.94 | 2:19.52 | top 48.5% | 232 / 313 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 143 / 209 |
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
- 7 Jul 2013First competition: Kansai Star Festival 2013. A 14.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nishinomiya Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Star Festival 2013 · 7 Jul 2013
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.
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Raphaël Pihet — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.