People · Japan
Shoutaro Kikuchi (菊地章太郎)
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KIKU02
Shoutaro Kikuchi (菊地章太郎) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Ayase 2019, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 390th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, he has put 135 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in May 2018 to 10.52, a 24% improvement. Shoutaro has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 12.84 | top 9.0% | 390 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.64 | 19.19 | top 9.4% | 91 / 529 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.19 | 1:21.69 | top 13.9% | 86 / 420 | |
| 4×4 | 43.17 | 45.97 | top 16.0% | 161 / 667 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.95 | 2:40.48 | top 22.6% | 64 / 209 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.17 | 1:46.19 | top 32.2% | 171 / 313 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.16 | 4:55.22 | top 37.4% | 82 / 188 | |
| 2×2 | 5.51 | 6.96 | top 45.4% | 569 / 1,021 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 May 2018First competition: Tribox Open Spring 2018. A 13.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ayase Summer 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Omiya Bigs 2018 · 10 Jun 2018
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018
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.
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.