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Rin Taniguchi (谷口凜)

2×2 · top 79.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016TANI02

Rin Taniguchi (谷口凜) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 10.53, set at JRCA Kansai Summer 2016, puts him in the top 79.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 875th in Japan. Across 7 competitions since March 2016, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.30 in March 2016 to 47.03, a 25% improvement. Rin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 79.9% of 186,767 all-time
10.53
signature single · JRCA Kansai Summer 2016
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×210.5330.08
top 79.9%875 / 1,021
3×347.0359.20
top 83.7%2,762 / 3,329
4×46:51.11
early days — 1 solve665 / 667

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

Kansai Open 2016: 1:02.30JRCA Kansai Spring 2016: 1:02.15JRCA Kansai Summer 2016: 59.69JRCA Kansai Winter 2017: 56.38JRCA Kansai Spring 2017: 1:03.40Kansai Fall 2017: 52.52Kansai Big Cube 2017: 47.0347.031:03.4019 Mar 201625 Nov 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-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 7.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.