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Kotarou Murakami (村上琥太郎)

3×3 · top 50.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017MURA02

Kotarou Murakami (村上琥太郎) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.92, set at Tribox Open Spring 2019, puts him in the top 50.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,802nd in Japan. Across 4 competitions since January 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.91 in January 2017 to 23.92, a 39% improvement. Kotarou has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.2% of 284,439 all-time
23.92
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2019
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×323.9225.00
top 50.2%1,802 / 3,329
Pyraminx10.2811.45
top 55.2%477 / 688
2×28.4012.04
top 70.2%797 / 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

Tribox Open Winter 2017: 38.91Tribox Open Spring 2018: 35.12Japan Championship 2018: 24.20Tribox Open Spring 2019: 23.9223.9238.9114 Jan 201728 Apr 2019

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

The story so far

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.92 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.