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Tatsuya Kusanagi (草彅達也)

Square-1 · top 1.4% of 25,272 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018KUSA02

Tatsuya Kusanagi (草彅達也) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at Ayase 2020, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Japan. Until April 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2018, he has put 75 official solves on the record across one event. His Square-1 best has come down from 9.27 in March 2018 to 6.73, a 27% improvement. Tatsuya has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 1.4% of 25,272 all-time
6.73
signature single · Ayase 2020
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Square-16.738.89
top 1.4%6 / 245

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

YRCC Open 2018: 9.27WCA Asian Championship 2018: 8.34Saitama 2018: 9.34Kansai Open 2019: 8.25Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 8.00Yono Summer 2019: 7.02Japan Championship 2019: 8.13Taiwan Championship 2019: 8.09Ayase 2020: 6.736.739.3418 Mar 201816 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.