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Russell Nakaguchi

2×2 · top 36.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016NAKA04

Russell Nakaguchi has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.74, set at Fresno Fall 2017, puts him in the top 36.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,380th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 38 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 30% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.77 in April 2016 to 30.15, a 38% improvement. Russell has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 36.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.74
signature single · Fresno Fall 2017
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.7412.09
top 36.0%14,380 / 40,951
3×330.1539.15
top 62.8%37,490 / 59,724

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

Reno Open 2016: 48.77Skillcon 2016: 37.17Fresno Fall 2017: 37.56West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 36.87Nisei Week 2018: 30.15Skillcon 2018: 34.9730.1548.7716 Apr 201614 Dec 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 16 Apr 2016First competition: Reno Open 2016. A 48.77 3×3 single to start from.

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.