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Naoyuki Saito

2×2 · top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SAIT03

Naoyuki Saito has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2022, he has put 600 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.08 in April 2023 to 9.58, a 27% improvement. Naoyuki has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.19
signature single · Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024
600
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×22.193.77
top 6.1%77 / 1,021
3×39.5812.01
top 6.3%269 / 3,329
Square-110.6815.70
top 7.3%26 / 245
Pyraminx4.006.76
top 7.6%96 / 688
3×3 one-handed17.6820.74
top 14.3%126 / 529
4×449.1056.12
top 23.6%240 / 667
Skewb6.097.99
top 26.4%132 / 338
Clock10.3712.40
top 26.9%97 / 263
Megaminx1:45.531:54.00
top 37.9%194 / 313
5×52:07.802:16.51
top 54.1%277 / 420
6×64:38.04—
early days — 2 solves172 / 209

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

Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 13.08Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023: 14.28Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 15.14Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023: 12.95Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 11.77Michigan Mini 7 2023: 13.52Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 11.30CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 9.85Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 12.00Washtenaw Winter 2024: 10.46Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 9.58Michigan Championship 2024: 11.53Washtenaw Fall 2024: 11.22Washtenaw Spring 2025: 13.45Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 11.059.5815.149 Apr 202323 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.

  • Justin Sui — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Hunter Mackler — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Doug Li — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 79 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.