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Yusuke Morikawa (森川裕介)

3×3 blindfolded · top 18.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011MORI01

Yusuke Morikawa (森川裕介) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:18.22, set at Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in Japan. Across 25 competitions since August 2011, he has put 264 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.21 in August 2011 to 13.77, a 38% improvement. Yusuke has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 18.9% of 12,178 all-time
1:18.22
signature single · Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015
264
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 blindfolded1:18.22—
top 18.9%81 / 282
3×313.7716.44
top 20.2%851 / 3,329
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.33
top 23.4%76 / 201
4×458.931:06.51
top 35.3%349 / 667
2×25.276.67
top 42.6%523 / 1,021
Skewb9.86—
early days — 3 solves240 / 338
3×3 one-handed34.8843.00
top 57.1%402 / 529
5×52:44.282:58.31
top 72.3%353 / 420
Pyraminx13.7516.27
top 76.7%586 / 688

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

Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011: 22.21Matsudo Autumn 2011: 18.52UT Open 2011: 19.05Matsudo Spring 2012: 18.91Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 16.33Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012: 15.65UT Open 2012: 16.22Kawasaki Open 2013: 15.27Japan Open 2013: 14.88Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 14.77UT Open 2013: 16.71Hokuriku Eve Open 2013: 16.28Asian Championship 2014: 15.30UT Open 2014: 13.77Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 16.33Kawasaki Summer 2015: 16.66Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015: 15.84Kanto Spring 2016: 14.44Tribox Open Winter 2017: 15.5613.7722.2119 Aug 201114 Jan 2017

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-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 18.22 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.