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Taroh Yamagishi (山岸太郎)

2×2 · top 74.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2005 · 2005YAMA02

Taroh Yamagishi (山岸太郎) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005, puts him in the top 74.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 834th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since July 2005, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.94 in July 2005 to 39.62, a 19% improvement. Taroh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 74.4% of 186,767 all-time
9.18
signature single · Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×29.1851.26
top 74.4%834 / 1,021
3×339.6256.50
top 76.4%2,557 / 3,329

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

Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005: 48.94Japanese Championship 2005: 49.02Rubik's World Championship 2005: 39.6239.6249.0210 Jul 20055 Nov 2005

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-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.