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Takashi Maruno (丸野孝)

3×3 · top 41.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2006 · 2006MARU02

Takashi Maruno (丸野孝) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.47, set at Osaka Open 2008, puts him in the top 41.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,529th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since March 2006, he has put 16 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.23 in March 2006 to 20.47, a 25% improvement. Takashi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.3% of 284,439 all-time
20.47
signature single · Osaka Open 2008
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×320.4727.71
top 41.3%1,529 / 3,329
2×212.3118.74
top 85.2%920 / 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 Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 27.23Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 22.15Osaka Open 2008: 20.4720.4727.235 Mar 200629 Mar 2008

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 0.47 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.