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Takanori Nakano (中野高法)

3×3 · top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012NAKA04

Takanori Nakano (中野高法) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.41, set at UT Open 2013, puts him in the top 32.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,274th in Japan. Across 7 competitions since May 2012, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.46 in May 2012 to 17.41, a 32% improvement. Takanori has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time
17.41
signature single · UT Open 2013
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×317.4119.96
top 32.3%1,274 / 3,329
2×28.4611.98
top 70.6%799 / 1,021
Pyraminx15.9619.92
top 85.0%632 / 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

Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 25.46Kanto Open 2012: 21.40Japan Contest 2012: 18.44Kanto Winter 2012: 18.88Japan Open 2013: 18.61UT Open 2013: 17.41Asian Championship 2014: 18.6517.4125.464 May 20121 Nov 2014

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 2.41 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.