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Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)

Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2007 · 2007SUGA01

Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Japan Open 2011, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Japan. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 107 competitions since July 2007, he has put 3,292 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.15 in July 2007 to 8.72, a 62% improvement. Nobuaki has entered 107 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.41
signature single · Japan Open 2011
3,292
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Pyraminx2.416.04
top 2.0%31 / 688
3×38.7211.08
top 4.2%179 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed14.7218.28
top 7.5%76 / 529
2×22.404.40
top 8.0%107 / 1,021
Skewb3.726.42
top 9.1%47 / 338
4×442.2247.46
top 14.8%149 / 667
5×51:24.971:36.11
top 23.2%139 / 420
Megaminx1:24.141:39.61
top 24.4%142 / 313
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves39.67
top 37.3%110 / 201
Clock15.3018.11
top 49.1%171 / 263
7×75:00.715:12.17
top 50.8%103 / 188
6×63:23.803:38.13
top 52.2%126 / 209
3×3 blindfolded3:27.05—
top 60.2%216 / 282
Square-151.3857.66
top 77.3%219 / 245
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 9:44—
early days — 1 solve120 / 128

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: 23.15Ibaraki competition 2007: 18.11Kawasaki Open 2008: 19.43Osaka Open 2008: 15.43Kashiwa Open 2008: 17.21Tokyo Open 2008: 15.81Kanazawa Open 2008: 16.36Osaka Open 2009: 13.19JRCA Hokuriku 2009: 14.11JRCA Kanto Summer 2009: 13.25JRCA Kansai Summer 2009: 13.08Japan Open 2009: 12.36Toyama Open 2009: 12.09Doshisha Open 2009: 12.81JRCA Hokuriku Winter 2010: 12.75JRCA Kanto Winter 2010: 12.30Japan Open 2010: 10.66JRCA Kansai Spring 2010: 11.21Kawasaki Open 2010: 11.4730th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 12.36Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010: 11.44JRCA Kansai Summer 2010: 11.75Matsudo Open 2010: 12.38UT Open 2010: 10.96Ishikawa Gokoku Shinto Shrine Open 2010: 10.69Kansai New Year 2011: 11.28Osaka 2011: 11.15Matsudo Spring 2011: 10.56West Japan Big Cubes 2011: 11.19Japan Open 2011: 11.53Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011: 9.96Matsudo Autumn 2011: 11.19Kyotanabe Open 2011: 10.06UT Open 2011: 10.75Hokuriku Eve 2011: 10.76Kansai New Year 2012: 12.50Tsukuba 2012: 10.83Kyushu Open 2012: 11.80Kansai Open 2012: 10.91Matsudo Spring 2012: 8.72Tokai Open 2012: 10.88Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 10.96Kyotanabe Open 2012: 10.27Kawasaki Open 2012: 11.38Kansai Star Festival 2012: 11.72Kanto Open 2012: 12.75Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012: 9.91Hiroshima Open 2012: 10.06Japan Open 2012: 9.46East Osaka 2012: 10.50Japan Contest 2012: 9.72West Japan Big Cube 2012: 12.02UT Open 2012: 10.66Kanto Winter 2012: 10.05Hokuriku Eve Open 2012: 11.06Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 9.88Kansai Open 2013: 10.75Cherry Blossom Viewing Open 2013: 11.00Japan Contest Spring 2013: 10.27Kawasaki Open 2013: 11.15Japan Open 2013: 10.94Lake-Biwa Open 2013: 10.33Kansai Star Festival 2013: 10.97Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 9.47Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 12.69UT Open 2013: 12.05Hokuriku Eve Open 2013: 10.08Kanto Open 2014: 11.38Kansai Open 2014: 11.11Japan Contest Spring 2014: 10.61Kawasaki Spring 2014: 11.86Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014: 11.52Japan Contest Autumn 2014: 11.93Asian Championship 2014: 10.11UT Open 2014: 12.13Tokai Open 2014: 12.25Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 10.86Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015: 10.96Kansai Open 2015: 10.41Japan Contest Spring 2015: 11.02Kawasaki Summer 2015: 10.91East Japan Big Cubes 2015: 12.15Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015: 10.50Japan Open 2015: 10.34UT Open 2015: 10.40Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015: 11.43Kansai Open 2016: 10.80Kanto Spring 2016: 10.46Kawasaki Spring 2016: 10.50Kanto Summer 2016: 10.79Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016: 10.86Tachikawa Open 2016: 9.75Japan Open 2016: 11.36Kansai Small Cubes 2016: 9.85Kyushu Open 2016: 10.41Tribox Open Winter 2017: 12.52JRCA Kansai Winter 2017: 10.84Circles Open Spring 2017: 11.148.7223.1528 Jul 20074 Mar 2017

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.