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Yusuke Tsukada (塚田裕介)

3×3 · top 21.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009HIGU01

Yusuke Tsukada (塚田裕介) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.05, set at Kawasaki Open 2012, puts him in the top 21.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 886th in Japan. Across 6 competitions since March 2009, he has put 69 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.08 in March 2009 to 14.05, a 48% improvement. Yusuke has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.05
signature single · Kawasaki Open 2012
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.0516.29
top 21.1%886 / 3,329
Pyraminx7.6111.03
top 32.9%331 / 688
3×3 one-handed30.0940.68
top 46.8%354 / 529
4×41:20.861:27.74
top 56.6%498 / 667
2×29.5611.36
top 76.1%842 / 1,021
5×54:56.035:30.63
top 96.7%411 / 420

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

Osaka Open 2009: 27.08Toyama Open 2009: 21.66Japan Open 2010: 20.22Matsudo Spring 2011: 18.21Kawasaki Open 2012: 14.05Asian Championship 2014: 19.1814.0527.0828 Mar 20091 Nov 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.05 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.