People · Japan
Ryoya Sakanishi (坂西亮哉)
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019SAKA04
Ryoya Sakanishi (坂西亮哉) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Tokai Open AM 2024, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2019, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.64 in September 2019 to 8.68, a 36% improvement. Ryoya has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.68 | 11.13 | top 4.1% | 175 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.72 | 18.43 | top 14.4% | 127 / 529 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 8.95 | top 21.0% | 226 / 688 | |
| Square-1 | 30.11 | 35.12 | top 49.5% | 155 / 245 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 247 / 313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.39 | 1:40.36 | top 64.6% | 546 / 667 |
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 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Hiroshima Open 2019.
- 1 Sep 2019First competition: Kansai Summer 2019. A 15.85 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Kansai Summer 2019.
Competitions
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Tokyo Challenge VI 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Tokyo Challenge V 2023 · 9 Apr 2023
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Go x Go Kyoto 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022
- Yoga Summer A 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
- Hiroshima Open 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Summer 2019 · 1 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.