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Kotaro Aota (青田虎太郎)
3×3 · top 44.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019AOTA01
Kotaro Aota (青田虎太郎) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.57, set at Ota Summer 2022, puts him in the top 44.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,622nd in Japan. Across 3 competitions since September 2019, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.63 in September 2019 to 21.57, a 58% improvement. Kotaro has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 21.57 | 22.94 | top 44.3% | 1,622 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 19.73 | 23.96 | top 95.4% | 993 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 23.32 at Ayase 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019First competition: Ayase Autumn 2019. A 51.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
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.
- Han Wu (吳翰) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xuan Liu (刘璇) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sho Ogata (緒方昭) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 4.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.