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Yuji Higuchi (樋口裕二)

3×3 · top 39.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013HIGU01

Yuji Higuchi (樋口裕二) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.77, set at Japan Contest Spring 2014, puts him in the top 39.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,478th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since August 2013, he has put 16 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.38 in August 2013 to 19.77, a 22% improvement. Yuji has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 39.3% of 284,439 all-time
19.77
signature single · Japan Contest Spring 2014
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×319.7722.79
top 39.3%1,478 / 3,329
4×41:31.591:41.21
top 64.8%548 / 667
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 1 solve165 / 201

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

Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 25.38Japan Contest Spring 2014: 19.7719.7725.3811 Aug 201329 Apr 2014

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 4.77 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.