People · Japan
Kou Moriya (森谷航)
2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018MORI06
Kou Moriya (森谷航) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Japan Championship 2019, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2018, he has put 134 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.58 in September 2018 to 11.82, a 24% improvement. Kou has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.59 | 3.31 | top 9.8% | 133 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 11.82 | 13.86 | top 13.3% | 565 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.29 | 13.50 | top 15.0% | 175 / 688 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:22.32 | — | top 20.4% | 91 / 282 | |
| 4×4 | 53.09 | 1:00.26 | top 28.5% | 283 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.31 | 1:50.63 | top 34.1% | 195 / 420 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.32 | 39.31 | top 37.7% | 296 / 529 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 9 cubes · 46:06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 65 / 128 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.62 | 2:37.65 | top 55.6% | 248 / 313 | |
| Square-1 | 38.96 | 51.94 | top 64.1% | 200 / 245 | |
| 6×6 | 3:56.35 | 4:06.52 | early days — 3 solves | 147 / 209 | |
| 7×7 | 5:59.10 | 6:15.99 | early days — 3 solves | 134 / 188 | |
| Skewb | 16.49 | 21.26 | top 82.7% | 323 / 338 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 18:30.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 68 / 81 |
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
- 28 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.15 at Tribox Open Spring 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018First competition: Tohoku 2018. A 16.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota Blind Winter 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Ota Blind Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tohoku 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tohoku 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kazutaka Watanabe (渡部和孝) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yuto Date (伊達優人) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.