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Yoshihiro Nakamura (中村良弘)
Pyraminx · top 0.56% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017NAKA04
Yoshihiro Nakamura (中村良弘) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Philippine Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Japan. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2017, he has put 267 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.54 in June 2017 to 8.69, a 73% improvement. Yoshihiro has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.61 | 2.97 | top 0.56% | 7 / 688 | |
| Skewb | 2.50 | 6.60 | top 2.9% | 9 / 338 | |
| 3×3 | 8.69 | 10.85 | top 4.2% | 177 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.53 | top 6.6% | 85 / 1,021 | |
| Clock | 10.22 | 14.50 | top 26.2% | 117 / 263 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.34 | 2:00.06 | top 34.2% | 179 / 313 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.39 | 29.47 | top 37.8% | 301 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.77 | 1:22.75 | top 54.1% | 480 / 667 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.80 at Tokai Open 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tokai Open 2023.
- 30 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cuber's Cafe Open 2019.
- 10 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.86 at Tagum City Open 2019.
- 10 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tagum City Open 2019.
Competitions
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Spring 2026 · 17 May 2026
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Philippine Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tagum City Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Challenge VII 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cuber's Cafe Open 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Tagum City Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Mindanao Championships 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Mindanao Championships 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Tagum City Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
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.
- Kirby Jay Caragan — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Seath Margatinez — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Chris Alden P. Carreon — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.