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Yusuke Watanabe (渡辺悠介)

3×3 · top 52.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2007 · 2007WATA04

Yusuke Watanabe (渡辺悠介) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.97, set at Japan Open 2007, puts him in the top 52.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,889th in Japan. Across 1 competition since July 2007, he has put 8 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 52.5% of 284,439 all-time
24.97
signature single · Japan Open 2007
8
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×324.97
early days — 2 solves1,889 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed41.3147.71
top 67.2%448 / 529

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 story so far

  • 28 Jul 2007First competition: Japan Open 2007. A 24.97 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.97 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.