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Kosei Tsuda

3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022TSUD01

Kosei Tsuda has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.18, set at Lucky Lynnwood 2023, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 343rd in Japan. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2022, he has put 161 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in November 2022 to 10.18, a 44% improvement. Kosei has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.18
signature single · Lucky Lynnwood 2023
161
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×310.1815.88
top 8.0%343 / 3,329
2×23.034.48
top 14.6%194 / 1,021
Pyraminx5.407.25
top 15.8%181 / 688
Skewb5.869.43
top 24.7%125 / 338
Megaminx1:56.732:12.18
top 44.0%215 / 313
5×53:01.99
early days — 2 solves364 / 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

Oakville Fall A 2022: 18.20Appleby Winter A 2023: 18.86Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 15.88Bothell Summer 2023: 14.01Maltby Mega Special 2023: 15.97Kent Summer 2023: 14.71Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 10.18Kenmore Mini B 2024: 14.24Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 15.88CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 14.3610.1818.8626 Nov 202228 Jun 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.