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Keisuke Shimura (志村圭介)

3×3 · top 38.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2005 · 2005SHIM02

Keisuke Shimura (志村圭介) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.51, set at Japan Open 2017, puts him in the top 38.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,459th in Japan. Across 25 competitions since July 2005, he has put 119 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.28 in July 2005 to 19.51, a 45% improvement. Keisuke has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.5% of 284,439 all-time
19.51
signature single · Japan Open 2017
119
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×319.5122.11
top 38.5%1,459 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed1:04.78
early days — 3 solves498 / 529

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

Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005: 35.28Japanese Championship 2005: 28.88Tokyo Open 2006: 24.59Japanese Championship 2006: 28.50Machida Open 2007: 25.59Japan Open 2007: 31.08Osaka Open 2008: 25.25Tokyo Open 2008: 27.19Japan Open 2008: 22.02Japan Open 2009: 21.58Japan Open 2010: 21.1830th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 24.09Japan Open 2011: 25.75Japan Open 2012: 26.61Japan Open 2013: 25.66Japan Contest Spring 2014: 23.21Kawasaki Spring 2014: 24.83Asian Championship 2014: 25.03Japan Open 2015: 21.34Kawasaki Spring 2016: 23.27Japan Open 2016: 22.49Suginami Open 2017: 22.70Japan Open 2017: 19.51Japan Championship 2018: 22.74Japan Championship 2019: 20.5219.5135.2810 Jul 20052 Nov 2019

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.51 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 4.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.