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Michiyuki Tsukahara (塚原道之)

3×3 · top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025TSUK02

Michiyuki Tsukahara (塚原道之) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.64, set at Kanto Winter 2026, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 962nd in Japan. Across 4 competitions since December 2025, he has put 36 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.21 in December 2025 to 14.64, a 15% improvement. Michiyuki has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.64
signature single · Kanto Winter 2026
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.6418.05
top 23.2%962 / 3,329
2×24.296.52
top 30.2%382 / 1,021
Pyraminx8.7411.70
top 42.6%401 / 688
Skewb8.9710.19
top 48.2%214 / 338
4×41:53.21
early days — 2 solves605 / 667

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

Tokyo Winter 2025: 17.21Ota Winter 2026: 18.08Kanto Winter 2026: 14.64Kanto Spring 2026: 15.1214.6418.087 Dec 202517 May 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.64 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.