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Masayuki Iwasa (岩佐雅幸)

3×3 · top 42.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019IWAS01

Masayuki Iwasa (岩佐雅幸) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.98, set at Ota Winter 2026, puts him in the top 42.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,579th in Japan. Across 16 competitions since June 2019, he has put 82 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.06 in June 2019 to 20.98, a 30% improvement. Masayuki has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.7% of 284,439 all-time
20.98
signature single · Ota Winter 2026
82
official solves on the record
22%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×320.9825.57
top 42.7%1,579 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed42.8459.70
top 69.2%455 / 529
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves51.33
early days — 3 solves174 / 201

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

Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 30.06Kurukuru Summer 2019: 32.23Ayase Autumn 2019: 29.47Shonan PM 2024: 24.34Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025: 24.57Tokyo Spring PM 2025: 24.64Kanto Spring 2025: 25.00Kanto Summer AM 2025: 26.53Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 23.82Tokyo Winter 2025: 24.50Ota Winter 2026: 20.98Kanto Winter 2026: 27.83Tokyo Spring 2026: 26.71Kanto Spring 2026: 22.89Kanto Summer 2026: 27.3420.9832.231 Jun 201929 Aug 2026

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.