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Ryutaro Kawate (川手龍太朗)

3×3 · top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013KAWA01

Ryutaro Kawate (川手龍太朗) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.96, set at Japan Open 2013, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 870th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since March 2013, he has put 34 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in March 2013 to 13.96, a 15% improvement. Ryutaro has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.96
signature single · Japan Open 2013
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×313.9616.02
top 20.8%870 / 3,329
4×41:00.971:09.38
top 37.5%372 / 667

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

Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 16.52Japan Contest Spring 2013: 15.13Kawasaki Open 2013: 15.86Japan Open 2013: 13.9613.9616.529 Mar 20131 Jun 2013

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.