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Morimichi Kikuchi (菊地守道)
3×3 blindfolded · top 5.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KIKU01
Morimichi Kikuchi (菊地守道) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 36.38, set at Ayase Autumn A 2022, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Japan. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2017, he has put 107 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.96 in January 2017 to 13.98, a 30% improvement. Morimichi has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 blindfolded | 36.38 | — | top 5.8% | 26 / 282 | |
| Square-1 | 13.27 | 19.27 | top 12.5% | 51 / 245 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 5.28 | top 20.6% | 252 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 13.98 | 14.53 | top 20.9% | 877 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 31:20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 71 / 128 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.57 | 1:27.82 | top 56.4% | 495 / 667 |
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
- 11 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at Saitama 2018.
- 11 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Saitama 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at YRCC Open 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2017.
- 14 Jan 2017First competition: Tribox Open Winter 2017. A 19.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Ota Blind Winter 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Blind Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Yokohama 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Takafumi Sakakibara (榊原隆文) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Akito Takei (武井章人) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 6.38 away.
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.