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Daichi Kotani (小谷大地)
3×3 · top 24.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KOTA01
Daichi Kotani (小谷大地) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.09, set at Kanto Spring 2025, puts him in the top 24.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,442nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2023, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. Daichi has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.09 | 16.56 | top 24.8% | 13,442 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.45 | 20.72 | top 56.5% | 16,525 / 28,708 |
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
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Tokyo Challenge Winter C 2023. A 16.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter C 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
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.
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kai Yamamoto (山本快) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sora Arai (新井そら) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.