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Yusei Bando (坂東佑星)

Pyraminx · top 24.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008BAND01

Yusei Bando (坂東佑星) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.53, set at Japan Open 2015, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since October 2008, he has put 28 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:07.94 in October 2008 to 19.65, a 71% improvement. Yusei has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 24.1% of 129,321 all-time
6.53
signature single · Japan Open 2015
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Pyraminx6.538.60
top 24.1%257 / 688
2×24.945.62
top 38.6%474 / 1,021
3×319.6524.12
top 38.9%1,468 / 3,329

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

Japan Open 2008: 1:07.94Japan Open 2015: 25.53UT Open 2015: 19.6519.651:07.944 Oct 200823 Nov 2015

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.