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Kazuhiko Kusano (草野一彦)

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 2.2% of 12,294 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023KUSA03

Kazuhiko Kusano (草野一彦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 22 moves, set at Tokyo FMC Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Japan. Across 27 competitions since November 2023, he has put 252 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.77 in November 2023 to 13.73, a 40% improvement. Kazuhiko has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 2.2% of 12,294 all-time
22 moves
signature single · Tokyo FMC Winter 2026
252
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves26.00
top 2.2%16 / 201
Clock8.8711.41
top 19.3%70 / 263
Pyraminx5.959.52
top 19.6%216 / 688
3×313.7317.10
top 20.0%846 / 3,329
Skewb6.298.96
top 28.0%142 / 338
Megaminx1:30.141:43.41
top 28.3%156 / 313
4×459.261:20.06
top 35.7%351 / 667
3×3 blindfolded2:22.65—
top 41.0%162 / 282
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 38:52—
early days — 1 solve75 / 128
2×25.646.42
top 47.0%587 / 1,021
5×51:57.032:22.81
top 47.4%252 / 420
3×3 one-handed31.2134.43
top 49.4%371 / 529
Square-131.7441.87
top 52.7%161 / 245
7×75:38.826:50.49
top 62.3%127 / 188
6×64:02.574:05.54
top 66.2%151 / 209
5×5 blindfolded43:11.00—
early days — 1 solve47 / 50
4×4 blindfolded31:24.00—
early days — 1 solve77 / 81

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

Tokyo Challenge VIII 2023: 22.77Shonan AM 2024: 19.45Tokyo Spring PM 2025: 20.25Kanto Spring 2025: 15.60Tokyo Summer 2025: 20.73Kanto Summer PM 2025: 17.67Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 18.43Tokyo Winter 2025: 17.65Ota Winter 2026: 13.73Kanto Winter 2026: 19.18Tokyo Spring 2026: 16.50Kanto Spring 2026: 16.92Kanto Summer 2026: 16.9713.7322.774 Nov 202329 Aug 2026

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-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.