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Nowa Kuriwaki (栗脇伸和)

3×3 · top 49.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017KURI02

Nowa Kuriwaki (栗脇伸和) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.53, set at Kansai Summer 2017, puts him in the top 49.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,775th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since March 2017, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.15 in March 2017 to 23.53, a 24% improvement. Nowa has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.2% of 284,439 all-time
23.53
signature single · Kansai Summer 2017
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×323.5331.99
top 49.2%1,775 / 3,329

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

Kansai Open 2017: 31.15JRCA Kansai Spring 2017: 31.75Kansai Summer 2017: 23.53Kansai Big Cube 2017: 29.2023.5331.7519 Mar 201725 Nov 2017

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 3.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.