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Soichiro Ishimaru (石丸漱一郎)

3×3 · top 51.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011ISHI01

Soichiro Ishimaru (石丸漱一郎) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.69, set at Kansai Open 2018, puts him in the top 51.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,862nd in Japan. Across 5 competitions since March 2011, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.96 in March 2011 to 24.69, a 53% improvement. Soichiro has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 51.9% of 284,439 all-time
24.69
signature single · Kansai Open 2018
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.6927.78
top 51.9%1,862 / 3,329
2×211.2212.00
top 82.2%898 / 1,021

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

Osaka 2011: 52.96Kansai Open 2012: 40.53Kyotanabe Open 2012: 31.38Kansai Open 2013: 28.43Kansai Open 2018: 24.6924.6952.9626 Mar 201131 Mar 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 23 Mar 2013First sub-30 3×3: 28.43 at Kansai Open 2013.
  • 26 Mar 2011First competition: Osaka 2011. A 52.96 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.69 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.