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Ryo Koizumi (小泉諒)

2×2 · top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016KOIZ01

Ryo Koizumi (小泉諒) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Kawasaki Spring 2016, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2016, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in May 2016 to 12.72, a 30% improvement. Ryo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.34
signature single · Kawasaki Spring 2016
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×22.347.25
top 7.4%100 / 1,021
3×312.7214.63
top 16.5%695 / 3,329
3×3 blindfolded2:42.533:16.98
top 47.2%181 / 282
Pyraminx13.5115.93
top 75.5%581 / 688
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 6 cubes · 54:50
early days — 1 solve127 / 128

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

Kawasaki Spring 2016: 18.09Kanto Summer 2016: 19.26Meguro 2017: 15.22Tribox Open Spring 2019: 12.72Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 14.38Kurukuru Summer 2019: 14.1412.7219.268 May 201627 Jul 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.