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Yukiko Makino (牧野由希子)
3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007MAKI01
Yukiko Makino (牧野由希子) has been competing for 19 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.43, set at West Japan Big Cubes 2011, puts her in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 510th in Japan. Across 11 competitions since November 2007, she has put 173 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.00 in November 2007 to 11.43, a 66% improvement. Yukiko has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 11.43 | 13.85 | top 11.9% | 510 / 3,329 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.02 | 1:38.41 | top 25.7% | 151 / 420 | |
| 2×2 | 5.09 | 6.59 | top 40.5% | 500 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.77 | 1:06.07 | top 41.5% | 393 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 4:42.18 | 4:58.94 | top 45.2% | 99 / 188 |
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
- 27 Mar 2010Five personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2010.
- 28 Mar 2009Four personal bests in one day at Osaka Open 2009.
- 12 Jan 2009First sub-20 3×3: 14.84 at Amagasaki Open 2009.
- 12 Jan 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Amagasaki Open 2009.
- 29 Mar 2008First sub-30 3×3: 24.91 at Osaka Open 2008.
- 17 Nov 2007First competition: Ibaraki competition 2007. A 34.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Japan Big Cubes 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Osaka 2011 · 26 Mar 2011
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Doshisha Open 2009 · 28 Nov 2009
- JRCA Kansai Summer 2009 · 18 Jul 2009
- JRCA Kansai Spring 2009 · 30 May 2009
- Osaka Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Amagasaki Open 2009 · 12 Jan 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Open 2008 · 29 Mar 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Ibaraki competition 2007 · 17 Nov 2007
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.
- Yohei Oka (岡要平) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 28.02 away.
Targets move as she improves.