People · Japan
Naoto Urata (浦田直斗)
2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024URAT01
Naoto Urata (浦田直斗) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Tokyo Spring PM 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.91 in September 2024 to 9.83, a 17% improvement. Naoto 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 2.87 | top 5.8% | 73 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 9.83 | 11.34 | top 7.0% | 304 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.75 | 18.63 | top 7.6% | 77 / 529 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.65 | 8.49 | top 33.3% | 334 / 688 |
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
- 31 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Kanto Spring 2025.
- 15 Sep 2024First competition: Tokai Open AM 2024. A 11.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 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 his.
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusuke Koakutsu (小圷悠介) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ao Nogami (野上碧) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.