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Taishi Matsumoto (松本大志)

3×3 · top 39.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2006 · 2006MATS02

Taishi Matsumoto (松本大志) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.72, set at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007, puts him in the top 39.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,472nd in Japan. Across 4 competitions since July 2006, he has put 22 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.38 in July 2006 to 19.72, a 33% improvement. Taishi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.72
signature single · Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×319.7221.26
top 39.1%1,472 / 3,329
2×29.6114.45
top 76.3%846 / 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

Tokyo Open 2006: 29.38Japanese Championship 2006: 32.09Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 19.72Japan Open 2007: 25.9719.7232.0930 Jul 200628 Jul 2007

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.72 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.