People · United States
Royce Sato
3×3 · top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012SATO03
Royce Sato has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.02, set at San Diego Summer Splash 2014, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,485th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since August 2012, he has put 155 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in August 2012 to 12.02, a 27% improvement. Royce has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.02 | 14.33 | top 14.0% | 7,485 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.44 | 29.63 | top 30.0% | 3,878 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.59 | 5.66 | top 34.1% | 13,579 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.28 | 1:19.66 | top 43.2% | 7,103 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Feb 2014Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter Open 2014.
- 29 Sep 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012.
- 18 Aug 2012First competition: Nisei Week 2012. A 16.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Summer Splash 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013
- Caltech Winter Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Antelope Valley Winter 2013 · 5 Jan 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2012 · 17 Nov 2012
- Diamond Bar Open 2012 · 14 Oct 2012
- Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012 · 29 Sep 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2012 · 18 Aug 2012
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.
- Samuel Chiu — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Hamory — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.