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Ryouichi Ibaraki (茨木亮一)

4×4 · top 15.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016IBAR06

Ryouichi Ibaraki (茨木亮一) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 42.47, set at Yono Summer 2019, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in Japan. Across 26 competitions since July 2016, he has put 499 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.63 in July 2016 to 12.35, a 54% improvement. Ryouichi has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 15.0% of 83,917 all-time
42.47
signature single · Yono Summer 2019
499
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
4×442.4746.60
top 15.0%150 / 667
3×312.3513.69
top 15.1%635 / 3,329
2×23.114.19
top 15.5%202 / 1,021
Pyraminx5.446.99
top 16.1%187 / 688
5×51:18.221:24.78
top 17.7%109 / 420
Megaminx1:17.771:30.54
top 20.4%132 / 313
6×62:27.882:43.58
top 24.5%71 / 209
Skewb6.2710.38
top 27.9%141 / 338
Square-121.7329.03
top 31.8%110 / 245
7×74:09.924:20.71
top 34.3%77 / 188
3×3 one-handed26.0829.15
top 37.0%294 / 529
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves44.33
top 44.7%118 / 201
Clock14.4615.81
top 45.7%163 / 263

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

Kanto Summer 2016: 26.63Tachikawa Open 2016: 22.15Japan Open 2016: 25.70Tribox Open Winter 2017: 17.34Circles Open Spring 2017: 17.98Meguro 2017: 16.84Yokohama 2017: 14.24Suginami Open 2017: 13.35Japan Open 2017: 16.56TMU Open 2018: 12.75YRCC Open 2018: 14.10Tribox Open Spring 2018: 14.51Omiya Bigs 2018: 13.15Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 15.62Saitama 2018: 12.75Japan Championship 2018: 14.59Ayase 2019: 12.83Tribox Open Spring 2019: 13.61Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 13.83WCA World Championship 2019: 13.00Ayase Autumn 2019: 13.73Japan Championship 2019: 14.64Hiroshima Open 2019: 12.35Ayase 2020: 13.4012.3526.6324 Jul 201616 Feb 2020

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-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.