People · Japan
Ayumu Furusawa (古澤歩)
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019FURU06
Ayumu Furusawa (古澤歩) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.50, set at Tokyo Challenge IV 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2019, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.28 in November 2019 to 7.50, a 54% improvement. Ayumu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.50 | 8.92 | top 2.0% | 85 / 3,329 | |
| Clock | 5.38 | — | early days — 3 solves | 18 / 263 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 5.35 | top 8.6% | 119 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.77 | 19.69 | top 12.0% | 111 / 529 | |
| Skewb | 7.33 | 9.14 | top 36.2% | 178 / 338 |
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
- 29 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Minatomirai 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Minatomirai 2022.
- 16 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 10.36 at Ayase 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019First competition: Japan Championship 2019. A 16.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Spring AM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Tokyo Challenge IV 2023 · 9 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter B 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
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.
- Shoji Nishimura (西村晶司) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.