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Tomohiro Tanno (丹野智博)

3×3 one-handed · top 4.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008TANN02

Tomohiro Tanno (丹野智博) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.16, set at Japan Contest 2012, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Japan. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2008, he has put 98 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.87 in November 2008 to 10.90, a 31% improvement. Tomohiro has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.7% of 73,695 all-time
13.16
signature single · Japan Contest 2012
98
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 one-handed13.1614.47
top 4.7%53 / 529
3×310.9013.22
top 10.2%436 / 3,329
4×449.2257.83
top 23.7%242 / 667
3×3 blindfolded4:12.42
early days — 1 solve240 / 282

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

Caltech Fall 2008: 15.87Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008: 16.17Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 12.96Japan Contest 2012: 10.90Tohoku Open 2015: 11.0610.9016.1722 Nov 200813 Sep 2015

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.