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Shintaro Nishijo

2×2 · top 0.58% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014NISH04

Shintaro Nishijo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.01, set at Frankfurt Cube Days 2016, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Japan. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2014, he has put 801 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.63 in September 2014 to 8.93, a 76% improvement. Shintaro has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.58% of 189,179 all-time
1.01
signature single · Frankfurt Cube Days 2016
801
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×21.012.78
top 0.58%3 / 1,026
Skewb2.895.44
top 4.5%18 / 354
3×38.9311.92
top 4.7%198 / 3,360
Pyraminx4.415.97
top 9.8%113 / 691
Square-113.8619.55
top 13.9%59 / 251
3×3 one-handed18.1521.53
top 15.5%135 / 539
4×444.4047.65
top 17.6%181 / 679
5×51:26.841:30.96
top 24.9%154 / 426
3×3 blindfolded1:50.17—
top 30.0%134 / 285
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves48.33
top 33.6%105 / 205
Megaminx1:38.471:55.55
top 33.7%176 / 313
6×62:50.043:00.17
top 36.1%93 / 209
7×74:38.064:48.60
top 43.9%97 / 188
Clock14.1617.57
top 44.5%161 / 268
4×4 blindfolded11:28.00—
early days — 1 solve50 / 81
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 5 cubes · 24:31—
early days — 2 solves115 / 128

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

German Nationals 2014: 37.63Zonhoven Open 2015: 14.68German Open 2015: 14.46CBNBC 2015: 12.46Velbert Open 2015: 13.00Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015: 12.43Franconia Open 2015: 9.14N8W8 Summer 2015: 11.78German Big Cube Open 2015: 11.96German Nationals 2015: 11.36Dutch Nationals 2015: 10.91Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 8.938.9337.636 Sep 201430 Jan 2016

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.