People · Japan
Kosuke Watanabe (渡邊宏介)
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016WATA03
Kosuke Watanabe (渡邊宏介) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 390th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.34 in July 2016 to 10.52, a 46% improvement. Kosuke has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.52 | 11.67 | top 9.0% | 390 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.33 | top 12.3% | 166 / 1,021 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 11.74 | top 23.5% | 251 / 688 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 376 / 529 |
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
- 29 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 10.52 at Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017.
- 24 Jul 2016First competition: Kanto Summer 2016. A 19.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Summer 2016 · 24 Jul 2016
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.
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Takashi Hasegawa (長谷川嵩) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.