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Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸)

3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003KONI01

Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸) has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.19, set at Polish Open 2006, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 900th in Japan. Across 6 competitions since August 2003, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.51 in August 2003 to 14.19, a 23% improvement. Katsuyuki has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.19
signature single · Polish Open 2006
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.1917.71
top 21.6%900 / 3,329
2×25.556.87
top 45.9%573 / 1,021
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 2 solves127 / 201
4×41:21.611:36.16
top 57.2%501 / 667
5×53:36.983:57.94
top 87.9%389 / 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

World Rubik's Games Championship 2003: 18.51Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005: 14.59Japanese Championship 2005: 15.97Polish Open 2006: 14.19Japanese Championship 2006: 14.70Japan Open 2007: 15.3814.1918.5123 Aug 200328 Jul 2007

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 2.19 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.