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Kazuki Nishihara (西原和樹)

3×3 · top 18.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015NISH03

Kazuki Nishihara (西原和樹) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.35, set at Hiroshima Open 2019, puts him in the top 18.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 787th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since July 2015, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.65 in July 2015 to 13.35, a 32% improvement. Kazuki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.35
signature single · Hiroshima Open 2019
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×313.3515.90
top 18.7%787 / 3,329
4×457.831:07.25
top 34.1%337 / 667

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

Kawasaki Summer 2015: 19.65UT Open 2015: 17.38Tribox Open Spring 2018: 18.10Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 14.80Hiroshima Open 2019: 13.3513.3519.6512 Jul 201528 Dec 2019

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 1.35 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.