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Syoichi Tsuda (津田昭一)

3×3 · top 48.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2006 · 2006TSUD01

Syoichi Tsuda (津田昭一) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.18, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 48.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,741st in Japan. Across 7 competitions since March 2006, he has put 27 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.90 in March 2006 to 23.18, a 27% improvement. Syoichi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.4% of 284,439 all-time
23.18
signature single · Japan Open 2009
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×323.1829.56
top 48.4%1,741 / 3,329
4×41:49.66
early days — 2 solves598 / 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

Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 31.90Tokyo Open 2006: 1:07.39Japanese Championship 2006: 29.83Japan Open 2007: 33.53Japan Open 2008: 30.08Japan Open 2009: 23.18Japan Open 2012: 28.3823.181:07.395 Mar 200616 Sep 2012

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.18 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 19.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.