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Shusuke Otsuka (大塚柊助)

3×3 · top 25.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019OTSU02

Shusuke Otsuka (大塚柊助) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.34, set at Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,052nd in Japan. Across 2 competitions since November 2019, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.76 in November 2019 to 15.34, an 18% improvement. Shusuke has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 25.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.34
signature single · Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×315.3417.78
top 25.6%1,052 / 3,329
2×26.096.68
top 51.8%633 / 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

Japan Championship 2019: 18.76Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 15.3415.3418.762 Nov 201926 Dec 2020

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.