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Wataru Ohkubo (大久保渉)

2×2 · top 13.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019OHKU01

Wataru Ohkubo (大久保渉) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Kanazawa Open 2020, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since June 2019, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.03 in June 2019 to 13.08, a 23% improvement. Wataru has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.89
signature single · Kanazawa Open 2020
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×22.897.62
top 13.0%175 / 1,021
3×313.0818.34
top 17.7%748 / 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

Tokai Open 2019: 17.03Tohoku 2019: 13.08Kanazawa Open 2020: 16.2413.0817.0322 Jun 201923 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 22 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.12 at Tohoku 2019.
  • 22 Jun 2019First competition: Tokai Open 2019. A 17.03 3×3 single to start from.

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.