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Rafael Akio Gonçalves Nitta

3×3 · top 45.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014NITT01

Rafael Akio Gonçalves Nitta has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.99, set at Joana D'Arc Open 2014, puts him in the top 45.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,095th in Brazil. Across 3 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 26% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Rafael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.5% of 288,433 all-time
21.99
signature single · Joana D'Arc Open 2014
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×321.9926.33
top 45.5%3,095 / 9,942

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

Joana D'Arc Open 2014: 21.99SESC Santo Amaro 2015: 25.45Big Pine Open 2015: 22.2421.9925.459 Nov 20145 Dec 2015

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

Targets move as he improves.