People · Japan
Arata Sato (佐藤新)
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024SATO04
Arata Sato (佐藤新) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2024, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.11 in July 2024 to 7.89, a 22% improvement. Arata has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.89 | 9.34 | top 2.6% | 107 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 6.49 | top 19.5% | 214 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.89 at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025.
- 7 Jul 2024First competition: Katano Milky Way 2024. A 10.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
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.
- Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kenta Kabasawa (椛沢憲太) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.