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Ryo Kurihara (栗原涼)

3×3 · top 47.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005KURI01

Ryo Kurihara (栗原涼) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.91, set at Tokyo Open 2006, puts him in the top 47.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,722nd in Japan. Across 2 competitions since September 2005, he has put 20 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.98 in September 2005 to 22.91, a 15% improvement. Ryo has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 47.7% of 284,439 all-time
22.91
signature single · Tokyo Open 2006
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×322.9127.56
top 47.7%1,722 / 3,329
2×213.35
early days — 2 solves942 / 1,021
4×42:16.302:43.55
early days — 3 solves631 / 667
5×55:19.245:41.92
early days — 3 solves414 / 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

Japanese Championship 2005: 26.98Tokyo Open 2006: 22.9122.9126.983 Sep 200530 Jul 2006

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 2.91 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.