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Yuya Tanaka (田中優也)

3×3 · top 26.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016TANA04

Yuya Tanaka (田中優也) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.75, set at YRCC Open 2018, puts him in the top 26.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,093rd in Japan. Across 8 competitions since July 2016, he has put 69 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.95 in July 2016 to 15.75, a 47% improvement. Yuya has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.9% of 284,439 all-time
15.75
signature single · YRCC Open 2018
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×315.7519.47
top 26.9%1,093 / 3,329
2×24.285.71
top 30.1%380 / 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

Kanto Summer 2016: 29.95Tachikawa Open 2016: 22.12Japan Open 2016: 27.75Meguro 2017: 20.69Japan Open 2017: 18.51YRCC Open 2018: 15.75Tribox Open Spring 2018: 16.7315.7529.9524 Jul 20165 May 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.