Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Japan → Yuichiro Kizu (木津勇一郎)

People · Japan

Yuichiro Kizu (木津勇一郎)

3×3 · top 27.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014KIZU01

Yuichiro Kizu (木津勇一郎) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.00, set at Paradise Park NxNxN 2024, puts him in the top 27.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,119th in Japan. Across 36 competitions since November 2014, he has put 379 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.28 in November 2014 to 16.00, a 58% improvement. Yuichiro has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.00
signature single · Paradise Park NxNxN 2024
379
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×316.0019.16
top 27.8%1,119 / 3,329
2×24.197.46
top 28.9%363 / 1,021
4×41:21.991:34.64
top 57.5%502 / 667
3×3 one-handed37.0551.87
top 60.9%418 / 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

Asian Championship 2014: 38.28Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 37.22Kanto Spring 2016: 32.53Tachikawa Open 2016: 23.84Asian Championship 2016: 25.95Thailand Championship 2017: 25.62Japan Open 2017: 20.83YRCC Open 2018: 21.76WCA Asian Championship 2018: 20.44Japan Championship 2018: 22.05Ha Noi Cube Day 2019: 23.39Kansai Open 2019: 20.53WCA World Championship 2019: 21.10Ayase Autumn 2019: 20.52Japan Championship 2019: 20.68Thailand Championship 2019: 19.20Ayase 2020: 20.29Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 19.29Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 22.82Phitsanulok Returns 2023: 17.60Bangkok Cube Day Winter 2024: 16.59NxN in Hanoi 2024: 20.52Paradise Park NxNxN 2024: 16.00Zeer Rangsit Cubing 2024: 19.05Cubing at Paradise Park Bangkok 2024: 17.60Samutprakarn Cube Open 2024: 21.00Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 18.61Hanoi Winter 2024: 22.84Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2025: 18.58MYHM Zeer Rangsit Cubing 2025: 17.83Phitsanulok Cube Fest 2025: 18.31Vientiane Open 2025: 18.86Robinson Lifestyle Suvarnabhumi Cube Battle 2025: 18.80Khon Kaen Cubing 2025: 19.60Bravo BKK Cube Master 2026: 22.34Zeer Rangsit Cubing 2026: 19.5316.0038.281 Nov 201421 Feb 2026

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 1.00 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.