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Norio Anzai (安西法王)

3×3 · top 41.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ANZA01

Norio Anzai (安西法王) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.42, set at JRCA Kansai Spring 2017, puts him in the top 41.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,525th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since November 2014, he has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.15 in November 2014 to 20.42, a 67% improvement. Norio has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.1% of 284,439 all-time
20.42
signature single · JRCA Kansai Spring 2017
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×320.4228.58
top 41.1%1,525 / 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

Asian Championship 2014: 1:02.15JRCA Kansai Spring 2015: 33.50Kansai Small Cubes 2016: 24.57JRCA Kansai Spring 2017: 20.4220.421:02.151 Nov 201428 May 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.