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Nobutaka Shiina (椎名信孝)

3×3 · top 38.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2006 · 2006SHII01

Nobutaka Shiina (椎名信孝) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.33, set at Tokyo Open 2008, puts him in the top 38.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,439th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since July 2006, he has put 21 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.25 in July 2006 to 19.33, a 49% improvement. Nobutaka has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.0% of 284,439 all-time
19.33
signature single · Tokyo Open 2008
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×319.3326.78
top 38.0%1,439 / 3,329

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

Tokyo Open 2006: 38.25Japan Open 2007: 26.83Tokyo Open 2008: 19.33Japan Open 2009: 22.5330th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 24.9319.3338.2530 Jul 200624 Jul 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.