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Yuuji Kiuchi (木内裕治)

2×2 · top 15.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2007 · 2007KIUC01

Yuuji Kiuchi (木内裕治) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 202nd in Japan. Across 10 competitions since July 2007, he has put 138 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.72 in July 2007 to 14.47, a 71% improvement. Yuuji has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.11
signature single · Japan Open 2009
138
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×23.117.16
top 15.5%202 / 1,021
3×314.4716.49
top 22.6%945 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed29.3039.22
top 45.0%347 / 529
4×41:20.771:40.69
top 56.5%497 / 667
Clock21.33
early days — 3 solves230 / 263
Pyraminx15.1320.76
top 82.3%619 / 688
Megaminx3:36.504:12.87
top 85.1%295 / 313
5×53:27.564:45.54
top 85.9%385 / 420

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

Japan Open 2007: 49.72Osaka Open 2008: 24.56Tokyo Open 2008: 21.61Japan Open 2008: 24.30Amagasaki Open 2009: 19.77Osaka Open 2009: 18.83Japan Open 2009: 17.19JRCA Kanto Winter 2010: 14.47Japan Open 2010: 15.28Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010: 15.1114.4749.7228 Jul 200721 Aug 2010

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.