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Nicholas Ryuji Yashiro

2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023YASH02

Nicholas Ryuji Yashiro has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,481st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since February 2023, he has put 134 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.60 in February 2023 to 13.15, a 25% improvement. Nicholas has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.74
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023
134
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.744.52
top 11.4%4,481 / 40,951
3×313.1515.82
top 17.9%9,604 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.4111.46
top 31.2%8,709 / 28,708
Clock11.3512.69
top 31.8%2,491 / 8,927
4×41:19.30
top 55.3%9,470 / 19,072
Skewb10.3017.50
top 56.7%10,336 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed38.67
top 63.4%8,954 / 15,683
5×52:38.74
top 69.9%6,136 / 9,401

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 17.60Berkeley Spring 2023: 17.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 15.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 14.07Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 13.15CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 14.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 15.3013.1517.6012 Feb 20231 Oct 2023

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.

  • TJ Kelly — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Daniel Cho — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • An Le — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.