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Kosuke Kuse (久瀬幸助)

3×3 · top 89.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011KUSE01

Kosuke Kuse (久瀬幸助) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 55.59, set at Kansai Open 2012, puts him in the top 89.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,922nd in Japan. Across 2 competitions since March 2011, he has put 13 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.36 in March 2011 to 55.59, a 22% improvement. Kosuke has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 89.5% of 284,439 all-time
55.59
signature single · Kansai Open 2012
13
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×355.591:11.92
top 89.5%2,922 / 3,329
2×214.5920.54
top 89.9%958 / 1,021

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

Osaka 2011: 1:11.36Kansai Open 2012: 55.5955.591:11.3626 Mar 201124 Mar 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 24 Mar 2012First sub-60 3×3: 55.59 at Kansai Open 2012.
  • 26 Mar 2011First competition: Osaka 2011. A 1:11.36 3×3 single to start from.

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 5.59 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.