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Shu Kinugasa (衣笠知悠)

3×3 · top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KINU01

Shu Kinugasa (衣笠知悠) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.54, set at Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018, puts him in the top 15.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 662nd in Japan. Across 4 competitions since January 2017, he has put 33 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.94 in January 2017 to 12.54, a 40% improvement. Shu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.54
signature single · Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×312.5418.51
top 15.8%662 / 3,329
2×25.338.86
top 43.4%539 / 1,021
Skewb9.7513.95
top 53.4%237 / 338
3×3 one-handed44.6655.69
top 71.2%458 / 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

Tribox Open Winter 2017: 20.94Circles Open Spring 2017: 18.07Omiya Bigs 2018: 15.48Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 12.5412.5420.9414 Jan 201722 Sep 2018

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 0.54 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.