People · Japan
Sou Oobatake (大畠宗)
3×3 · top 28.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011OOBA01
Sou Oobatake (大畠宗) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.30, set at Tokai Open 2012, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,169th in Japan. Across 8 competitions since November 2011, he has put 55 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.80 in November 2011 to 16.30, a 45% improvement. Sou has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.30 | 23.01 | top 28.9% | 1,169 / 3,360 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.94 | 20.21 | top 89.7% | 655 / 691 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Jan 2012First sub-20 3×3: 19.56 at Kansai New Year 2012.
- 19 Nov 2011First competition: Kyotanabe Open 2011. A 29.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Open 2012 · 1 Sep 2012
- Kyotanabe Open 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open 2012 · 29 Apr 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012
- Kyushu Open 2012 · 18 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai New Year 2012 · 14 Jan 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hokuriku Eve 2011 · 24 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Kyotanabe Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011
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.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yohei Oka (岡要平) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 107,130 people have one; it is 2.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.