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Yuki Matsuba (松葉裕希)

3×3 · top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012MATS03

Yuki Matsuba (松葉裕希) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.69, set at Rabbit And Turtle 2013, puts him in the top 26.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,089th in Japan. Across 9 competitions since May 2012, he has put 71 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.21 in May 2012 to 15.69, a 35% improvement. Yuki has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.69
signature single · Rabbit And Turtle 2013
71
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×315.6918.90
top 26.8%1,089 / 3,329
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 1 solve168 / 201
2×29.8110.81
top 77.2%855 / 1,021
3×3 one-handed50.811:10.46
top 77.4%469 / 529
Pyraminx17.0526.62
top 87.8%644 / 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

Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 24.21Kawasaki Open 2012: 22.47Kanto Open 2012: 19.16Japan Open 2012: 18.31Japan Contest 2012: 20.78UT Open 2012: 17.30Kanto Winter 2012: 16.96Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 15.69Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 18.2115.6924.214 May 201223 Aug 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.