People · New Zealand
Hugo Suematsu
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SUEM01
Hugo Suematsu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.49, set at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 197th in New Zealand. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 229 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.36 in May 2023 to 2.96, a 45% improvement. Hugo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 16.38 | top 8.9% | 197 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.88 | 8.03 | top 12.4% | 173 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.76 | top 13.8% | 266 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 10.02 | top 15.5% | 122 / 666 | |
| 4×4 | 55.44 | 1:06.14 | top 31.3% | 202 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.85 | 1:57.36 | top 44.6% | 157 / 355 | |
| Square-1 | 38.55 | 49.39 | top 63.5% | 177 / 251 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.49 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.50 at Half Turns Hataitai 2023.
- 13 May 2023First sub-30 3×3: 24.04 at Auckland Autumn 2023.
- 16 Apr 2023First competition: Palmerston North 2023. A 30.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Half Turns Hataitai 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jack McDougall — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Terence Brown — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.