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Yumiko Murakami (村上由美子)

3×3 · top 53.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2006 · 2006MURA03

Yumiko Murakami (村上由美子) has been competing for 20 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.40, set at Kashiwa Open 2008, puts her in the top 53.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,925th in Japan. Across 9 competitions since July 2006, she has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 46.66 in July 2006 to 25.40, a 46% improvement. Yumiko has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 53.5% of 284,439 all-time
25.40
signature single · Kashiwa Open 2008
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×325.4030.25
top 53.5%1,925 / 3,329
4×42:00.40
top 81.9%617 / 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

Tokyo Open 2006: 46.66Japanese Championship 2006: 42.01Machida Open 2007: 29.03Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 35.16Japan Open 2007: 37.75Osaka Open 2008: 35.15Kashiwa Open 2008: 25.40Tokyo Open 2008: 28.38Japan Open 2008: 26.4025.4046.6630 Jul 20064 Oct 2008

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as she improves.