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Dominic Shoji
2×2 · top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023SHOJ01
Dominic Shoji has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.69, set at Huntington Park Winter 2025, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 91 competitions since February 2023, he has put 3,520 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.25 in February 2023 to 5.48, a 64% improvement. Dominic has entered 91 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.69 | 1.20 | top 0.11% | 42 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 5.48 | 6.95 | top 0.24% | 164 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.52 | 2.56 | top 0.44% | 137 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 2.92 | 3.94 | top 0.65% | 60 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 1.99 | 4.25 | top 1.4% | 203 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 29.83 | 36.47 | top 2.8% | 446 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.98 | 16.43 | top 2.9% | 461 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.88 | 1:18.73 | top 9.6% | 752 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 11.98 | 15.31 | top 9.9% | 693 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 31.33 | top 9.9% | 229 / 2,040 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.54 | 1:16.01 | top 10.3% | 709 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:33.33 | 2:47.08 | top 27.3% | 963 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:41.26 | 5:04.87 | top 44.9% | 1,301 / 3,184 |
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
- 10 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025.
- 25 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Santa Barbara Winter 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubeChella 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at UCSD Fall 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Mahalo iā Maui 2024.
Competitions
- Tierrasanta Pizza Party 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Hawaii Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026 · 16 May 2026
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- UCSD Weeknights IX 2026 · 24 Apr 2026
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Vegas Cubing Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Simi Mini A 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC under the Mistletoe 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Huntington Park Winter 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- UCSD Weeknights VIII 2025 · 28 Oct 2025
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
- Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025 · 16 Jul 2025
- Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025 · 15 Jul 2025
- Hawaiian Island Tour - ʻĀina Haina FMC 2025 · 14 Jul 2025
- Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025 · 10 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025 · 9 Jul 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UCSD May A 2025 · 11 May 2025
- UCSD Weeknights VII 2025 · 5 May 2025
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Burbank Big Cubes 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights VI 2025 · 14 Apr 2025
- Agoura Side Events Day 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights V 2025 · 13 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- UCSD Weeknights IV 2025 · 11 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- UCSD Big and Blind 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Barbara Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubeChella 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mahalo iā Maui 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Catalina Cube Mixer 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- University Heights Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Summer B 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Poway Summer Cubing 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- Agoura Cubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
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.
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 446 rounds, finished ahead 284 times · head to head
- Shane Grogan — met in 434 rounds, finished ahead 202 times
- August Barnard — met in 420 rounds, finished ahead 329 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.