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Wataru Tanimoto (谷本亘)

3×3 · top 32.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012TANI01

Wataru Tanimoto (谷本亘) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.46, set at Suginami Open 2017, puts him in the top 32.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,276th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since February 2012, he has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. Wataru has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 32.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.46
signature single · Suginami Open 2017
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×317.4620.92
top 32.5%1,276 / 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

Tsukuba 2012: 17.83Suginami Open 2017: 17.4617.4617.835 Feb 201229 Oct 2017

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

The story so far

  • 5 Feb 2012First competition: Tsukuba 2012. A 17.83 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.