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Ryo Horikawa (堀川涼)

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010HORI02

Ryo Horikawa (堀川涼) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.57, set at Circles Open Spring 2017, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 664th in Japan. Across 11 competitions since July 2010, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.28 in July 2010 to 12.57, a 72% improvement. Ryo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.57
signature single · Circles Open Spring 2017
94
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×312.5715.75
top 15.9%664 / 3,329
2×23.626.35
top 21.7%271 / 1,021
Skewb7.5510.47
top 37.8%187 / 338
4×41:03.841:09.39
top 40.5%389 / 667
Clock16.78
early days — 1 solve190 / 263

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

30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 44.28Japan Open 2012: 19.52UT Open 2012: 16.84UT Open 2015: 19.81Kanto Spring 2016: 14.96Kawasaki Spring 2016: 14.78Japan Open 2016: 14.91Tribox Open Winter 2017: 13.05Circles Open Spring 2017: 12.57Japan Open 2017: 13.3412.5744.2824 Jul 201016 Dec 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.