People · Japan
Misato Nishimura (西村美里)
3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024NISH02
Misato Nishimura (西村美里) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.34, set at Hiroshima Spring 2026, puts her in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since February 2024, she has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.72 in February 2024 to 11.34, a 45% improvement. Misato has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 11.34 | 13.44 | top 11.6% | 500 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 6.38 | 7.67 | top 54.8% | 668 / 1,021 |
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. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.81 at Shimonoseki 2025.
- 28 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Shimonoseki 2025.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Hiroshima Winter 2024. A 20.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki Summer 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Hiroshima Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
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 her.
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Masaki Nishimura (西村正輝) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hiroaki Aoki (青木弘明) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as she improves.