People · Japan
Yu Araki (荒木由布)
3×3 · top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2006 · 2006ARAK02
Yu Araki (荒木由布) has been competing for 20 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.59, set at Kansai Star Festival 2012, puts her in the top 19.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 829th in Japan. Across 35 competitions since July 2006, she has put 299 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 36.90 in July 2006 to 13.59, a 63% improvement. Yu has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.59 | 16.77 | top 19.5% | 829 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 4.97 | 13.27 | top 39.0% | 480 / 1,021 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.01 | 2:04.74 | top 43.6% | 211 / 313 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:09.31 | — | top 70.3% | 237 / 282 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.88 | 1:34.81 | top 82.7% | 486 / 529 | |
| Pyraminx | 27.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 679 / 688 |
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
- 4 Oct 2008First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Japan Open 2008.
- 4 Oct 2008Three personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2008.
- 31 Mar 2007First sub-20 3×3: 19.34 at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007.
- 28 Oct 2006First sub-30 3×3: 22.64 at Rubik's Cube OGU Open 2006.
- 30 Jul 2006First competition: Tokyo Open 2006. A 36.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
- Kansai Open 2016 · 19 Mar 2016
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
- Kansai Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014
- Japan Open 2013 · 1 Jun 2013
- Kansai Star Festival 2012 · 7 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012
- Kansai New Year 2012 · 14 Jan 2012
- Kyotanabe Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Ishikawa Gokoku Shinto Shrine Open 2010 · 4 Dec 2010
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010 · 24 Jul 2010
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2010 · 29 May 2010
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010
- JRCA Kanto Winter 2010 · 21 Feb 2010
- Doshisha Open 2009 · 28 Nov 2009 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009
- Japan Open 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- JRCA Kansai Summer 2009 · 18 Jul 2009
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2009 · 30 May 2009
- Osaka Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Amagasaki Open 2009 · 12 Jan 2009
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Kashiwa Open 2008 · 5 May 2008
- Osaka Open 2008 · 29 Mar 2008
- Ibaraki competition 2007 · 17 Nov 2007
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa Open 2007 · 19 Aug 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2007 · 28 Jul 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007 · 31 Mar 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Japanese Championship 2006 · 12 Nov 2006
- Rubik's Cube OGU Open 2006 · 28 Oct 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Open 2006 · 30 Jul 2006
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 her.
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yohei Oka (岡要平) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as she improves.