People · Japan
Kota Matsushima (松島弘汰)
2×2 · top 16.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015MATS01
Kota Matsushima (松島弘汰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.17, set at Tachikawa Open 2016, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Japan. Across 7 competitions since September 2015, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.75 in September 2015 to 16.32, a 61% improvement. Kota has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.87 | top 16.3% | 215 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 16.32 | 19.09 | top 28.8% | 1,152 / 3,329 | |
| Skewb | 8.65 | 12.70 | top 46.1% | 209 / 338 |
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
- 5 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.75 at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016.
- 23 Nov 2015First sub-30 3×3: 29.31 at UT Open 2015.
- 21 Sep 2015First competition: Japan Open 2015. A 41.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Meguro 2017 · 5 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
- Tachikawa Open 2016 · 4 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016 · 5 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015
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.
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuki Uchida (内田佑毅) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.