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Rafael Katsuyoshi da Costa Tateyama

3×3 · top 41.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013TATE01

Rafael Katsuyoshi da Costa Tateyama has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.67, set at Oficina Open 2013, puts him in the top 41.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,690th in Brazil. Across 4 competitions since January 2013, he has put 33 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 28% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.33 in January 2013 to 20.67, a 36% improvement. Rafael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.8% of 284,439 all-time
20.67
signature single · Oficina Open 2013
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×320.6728.72
top 41.8%2,690 / 9,644

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

SESC Pompeia 2013: 32.33São Paulo Open 2013: 27.53Oficina Open 2013: 20.67São Paulo Open 2014: 29.2520.6732.3319 Jan 201320 Jun 2014

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 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.