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Rodrigo Kenji Asato Kobayashi

3×3 · top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009KOBA04

Rodrigo Kenji Asato Kobayashi has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.25, set at Agulhas Negras Open 2012, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 593rd in Brazil. Across 8 competitions since July 2009, he has put 422 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.31 in July 2009 to 11.25, a 42% improvement. Rodrigo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.25
signature single · Agulhas Negras Open 2012
422
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×311.2512.08
top 11.3%593 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed16.7720.33
top 12.0%173 / 1,992
2×23.404.36
top 19.0%649 / 5,137
4×447.0050.30
top 20.8%268 / 1,855
5×51:34.131:44.37
top 30.8%171 / 845
Clock11.9016.39
top 34.4%216 / 723
Pyraminx8.1610.38
top 37.5%908 / 3,208
Megaminx1:59.562:04.40
top 45.4%382 / 1,062
6×63:12.973:29.14
top 47.2%114 / 307
7×75:14.095:38.48
top 55.2%113 / 269
Square-140.9055.85
top 66.5%392 / 647
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 3 solves268 / 360

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

Brasília Open 2009: 19.31UNESP Open 2009: 15.28SESC Santos 2010: 11.65Agulhas Negras Open 2012: 11.25SESC Santos 2012: 11.66World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 11.25MS ao Cubo 2024: 11.6611.2519.3118 Jul 20099 Nov 2024

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 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.