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Riku Koshizaki (越崎凌久)

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KOSH01

Riku Koshizaki (越崎凌久) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.14 in February 2023 to 8.06, a 12% improvement. Riku has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.06
signature single · Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×38.0610.91
top 2.9%124 / 3,329
4×439.7745.01
top 11.9%120 / 667
5×51:15.681:28.62
top 15.9%100 / 420

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

Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 9.14Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023: 8.068.069.1412 Feb 202327 May 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.