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Mika Soyama (曽山光嘉)

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SOYA01

Mika Soyama (曽山光嘉) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Yoga Summer A 2022, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 135th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2022, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.80 in April 2022 to 8.24, a 30% improvement. Mika has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.24
signature single · Yoga Summer A 2022
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×38.2411.44
top 3.2%135 / 3,329
Pyraminx5.435.93
top 16.0%185 / 688
Skewb6.877.38
top 32.6%166 / 338

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

Minatomirai 2022: 11.80Ota Summer 2022: 10.13Yoga Summer A 2022: 8.24Ayase Autumn A 2022: 9.848.2411.8029 Apr 20223 Nov 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.