Sota Kurosaki (黒﨑創太)

Sota Kurosaki (黒﨑創太) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 10.53, set at UCSD Extravaganza 2023, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Japan. Until August 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2019, he has put 186 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in November 2019 to 11.10, a 33% improvement. Sota has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.