People · Japan
Kotaro Sato (佐藤虎太郎)
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SATO02
Kotaro Sato (佐藤虎太郎) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.49, set at Hiroshima Spring 2023, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since March 2023, he has put 13 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 11.29 | top 8.9% | 386 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.64 | — | early days — 3 solves | 131 / 688 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.07 | 1:53.98 | top 39.8% | 202 / 313 |
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 story so far
- 25 Mar 2023First competition: Hiroshima Spring 2023. A 10.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 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.
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mahiro Tanaka (田中万尋) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
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 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.