People · Japan
Kazuya Higuchi (樋口和哉)
3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025HIGU01
Kazuya Higuchi (樋口和哉) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.43, set at Ota Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 798th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 19 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.15 in October 2025 to 13.43, a 17% improvement. Kazuya has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.43 | 15.67 | top 19.0% | 798 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.43 at Ota Autumn 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Kanto Autumn AM 2025. A 16.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Ota Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Autumn AM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
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.
- Kai Harada (原田櫂) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sota Nakamura (中村荘太) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Asa Nelson — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.