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Takahiro Kurosawa (黒沢隆浩)

3×3 blindfolded · top 16.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020KURO01

Takahiro Kurosawa (黒沢隆浩) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:11.78, set at Ota Blind New Year 2024, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since February 2020, he has put 12 official solves on the record across four events. Takahiro has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 16.7% of 12,178 all-time
1:11.78
signature single · Ota Blind New Year 2024
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 blindfolded1:11.78
early days — 1 solve75 / 282
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 11 cubes · 54:30
early days — 1 solve50 / 128
3×316.4518.44
top 29.3%1,169 / 3,329
Skewb8.7711.90
top 46.9%212 / 338

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 story so far

  • 16 Feb 2020First competition: Ayase 2020. A 16.45 3×3 single to start from.

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-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 11.78 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.