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Ryan Nakamura

2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018NAKA02

Ryan Nakamura has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Santa Barbara Fall 2019, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,152nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2018, he has put 38 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.25 in February 2018 to 14.72, a 56% improvement. Ryan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.34
signature single · Santa Barbara Fall 2019
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.345.05
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
3×314.7217.09
top 23.5%12,704 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed33.4647.75
top 54.3%7,536 / 15,683
Skewb16.3620.95
top 82.3%15,798 / 18,907

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

Irvine Winter 2018: 33.25Nisei Week 2018: 29.23Nisei Week 2019: 14.72Santa Barbara Fall 2019: 15.7814.7233.2517 Feb 201828 Sep 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.