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Ryo Watanabe (渡邊諒)

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016WATA04

Ryo Watanabe (渡邊諒) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.96, set at Japan Open 2016, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 582nd in Japan. Across 1 competition since October 2016, he has put 27 official solves on the record across five events.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.96
signature single · Japan Open 2016
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.9614.86
top 13.8%582 / 3,329
2×24.776.35
top 36.4%451 / 1,021
4×41:00.041:05.02
top 36.5%360 / 667
5×51:44.301:48.58
top 38.6%206 / 420
Pyraminx9.5712.91
top 49.6%441 / 688

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 story so far

  • 9 Oct 2016First competition: Japan Open 2016. A 12.14 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.