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Tomotsugu Yamamoto (山本智嗣)

3×3 · top 51.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005YAMA03

Tomotsugu Yamamoto (山本智嗣) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.31, set at Japanese Championship 2006, puts him in the top 51.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,831st in Japan. Across 4 competitions since September 2005, he has put 16 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.64 in September 2005 to 24.31, a 54% improvement. Tomotsugu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 51.1% of 284,439 all-time
24.31
signature single · Japanese Championship 2006
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.3130.71
top 51.1%1,831 / 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

Japanese Championship 2005: 52.64Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 26.78Tokyo Open 2006: 29.74Japanese Championship 2006: 24.3124.3152.643 Sep 200512 Nov 2006

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 4.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.