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Ryuji Nakano (中野隆士)

2×2 · top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018NAKA04

Ryuji Nakano (中野隆士) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Tribox Open Spring 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2018, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events. Ryuji has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.60
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2018
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×22.606.69
top 9.9%136 / 1,021
3×316.2516.82
top 28.6%1,142 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed43.1454.28
top 69.5%457 / 529
5×52:43.373:00.09
top 71.9%351 / 420

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

Tribox Open Spring 2018: 16.28Omiya Bigs 2018: 16.2516.2516.285 May 201810 Jun 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.