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Yurina Banba (馬場友里奈)
3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018BANB01
Yurina Banba (馬場友里奈) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.28, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts her in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 623rd in Japan. Across 3 competitions since July 2018, she has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.29 in July 2018 to 12.28, a 58% improvement. Yurina has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.28 | 14.05 | top 14.9% | 623 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.74 | 9.40 | top 18.1% | 202 / 688 | |
| Skewb | 5.02 | 6.43 | top 18.3% | 93 / 338 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 4.98 | top 22.4% | 283 / 1,021 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.29 at Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Kansai Summer 2018. A 29.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
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.
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as she improves.