People · Japan
Masato Fujiwara (藤原正人)
3×3 blindfolded · top 0.43% of 12,178 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019FUJI07
Masato Fujiwara (藤原正人) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 16.20, set at Tokyo BLD Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.43% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Japan. Until August 2019, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since June 2019, he has put 71 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 30.94 in August 2019 to 16.20, a 48% improvement. Masato has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 blindfolded | 16.20 | 19.55 | top 0.43% | 2 / 282 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 20 of 24 cubes · 1:00:00 | — | top 7.8% | 12 / 128 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 3:37.51 | — | top 11.8% | 10 / 81 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 9:22.67 | — | early days — 3 solves | 12 / 50 |
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 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Jun 2019First competition: Reiwa Anniversary 2019.
Competitions
- Tokyo BLD Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Tokyo BLD Spring 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Kanto Autumn AM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Tokyo Spring AM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Ota Blind New Year 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Ota Blind Winter 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022
- Yoga Summer A 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Blind Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Open 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 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.
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Hirotaka Ito (伊藤大平) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3:00 4×4 blindfolded single — 172 people have one; it is 37.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.