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Kentaro Kurosawa (黒澤賢太郎)
3×3 · top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013KURO02
Kentaro Kurosawa (黒澤賢太郎) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.32, set at Kanazawa 2024, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 628th in Japan. Across 12 competitions since December 2013, he has put 134 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.38 in December 2013 to 12.32, a 51% improvement. Kentaro has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 12.32 | 15.90 | top 15.0% | 628 / 3,329 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.31 | 1:24.63 | top 19.5% | 126 / 313 | |
| 4×4 | 46.02 | 52.39 | top 19.6% | 196 / 667 | |
| Clock | 12.34 | 14.80 | top 36.6% | 136 / 263 | |
| 2×2 | 4.87 | 7.00 | top 37.7% | 463 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 179 / 201 |
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
- 21 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015.
- 5 Apr 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at Cherry Blossom Viewing 2014.
- 21 Dec 2013First competition: Hokuriku Eve Open 2013. A 25.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa Challenge Spring AM 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cherry Blossom Viewing 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2016 · 19 Mar 2016
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015 · 21 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
- Tokai Open 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014 · 8 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cherry Blossom Viewing 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hokuriku Eve Open 2013 · 21 Dec 2013
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.
- Takeshi Ito (伊藤健) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 16.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.