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Tatsuo Araki (荒木達男)

3×3 · top 76.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ARAK01

Tatsuo Araki (荒木達男) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 39.58, set at Japan Open 2016, puts him in the top 76.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,555th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:10.53 in November 2014 to 39.58, a 44% improvement. Tatsuo has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 76.4% of 284,439 all-time
39.58
signature single · Japan Open 2016
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×339.5846.88
top 76.4%2,555 / 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

Asian Championship 2014: 1:10.53Japan Open 2015: 51.08Japan Open 2016: 39.5839.581:10.531 Nov 20149 Oct 2016

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.