People · Japan
Kotaro Higuchi (樋口航太郎)
2×2 · top 22.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014HIGU01
Kotaro Higuchi (樋口航太郎) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.68, set at Japan Contest Spring 2015, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in Japan. Across 16 competitions since June 2014, he has put 132 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.72 in June 2014 to 17.38, a 54% improvement. Kotaro has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 3.68 | 6.16 | top 22.4% | 283 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 17.38 | 20.73 | top 32.2% | 1,270 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 10.84 | top 39.9% | 389 / 688 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | top 91.3% | 195 / 201 |
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
- 14 Dec 2014First sub-20 3×3: 17.38 at Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014.
- 13 Oct 2014First sub-30 3×3: 23.75 at Japan Contest Autumn 2014.
- 8 Jun 2014First competition: Kawasaki Spring 2014. A 37.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016
- Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015 · 13 Dec 2015
- FMC Asia 2015 · 28 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015
- Kawasaki Summer 2015 · 12 Jul 2015
- Japan Contest Spring 2015 · 3 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
- Japan Contest Autumn 2014 · 13 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Spring 2014 · 8 Jun 2014
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.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.