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Shunsuke Nakao (中尾俊亮)

3×3 · top 58.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012NAKA02

Shunsuke Nakao (中尾俊亮) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.93, set at West Japan Big Cube 2012, puts him in the top 58.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,051st in Japan. Across 4 competitions since March 2012, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.31 in March 2012 to 27.93, a 51% improvement. Shunsuke has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.7% of 284,439 all-time
27.93
signature single · West Japan Big Cube 2012
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×327.9333.79
top 58.7%2,051 / 3,329
2×28.5017.12
top 70.8%804 / 1,021
4×41:53.712:00.84
top 78.7%606 / 667
Pyraminx23.38
early days — 2 solves676 / 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 line so far

Kansai Open 2012: 57.31West Japan Big Cube 2012: 27.93Kansai Open 2013: 29.52Kansai Star Festival 2013: 29.5027.9357.3124 Mar 20127 Jul 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.93 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.