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Shoma Horinouchi (堀之内将馬)

3×3 · top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2010 · 2010HORI01

Shoma Horinouchi (堀之内将馬) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.27, set at Japan Open 2012, puts him in the top 21.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 912th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since March 2010, he has put 23 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in March 2010 to 14.27, a 27% improvement. Shoma has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.27
signature single · Japan Open 2012
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.2718.19
top 21.9%912 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed25.2729.48
top 34.9%282 / 529

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

Japan Open 2010: 19.59Osaka 2011: 17.65Japan Open 2012: 14.2714.2719.5927 Mar 201016 Sep 2012

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 2.27 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.