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Gai Higuchi (肥口凱)

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008HIGU01

Gai Higuchi (肥口凱) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.94, set at Japan Open 2010, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 728th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since March 2008, he has put 18 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.58 in March 2008 to 12.94, a 43% improvement. Gai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.94
signature single · Japan Open 2010
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×312.9419.55
top 17.2%728 / 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

Osaka Open 2008: 22.58Tokyo Open 2008: 18.71Osaka Open 2009: 17.28Japan Open 2010: 12.9412.9422.5829 Mar 200827 Mar 2010

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 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.