People · Japan
Sanae Yamashita (山下佐苗)
3×3 Multi-Blind · top 24.5% of 4,268 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008OMYO01
Sanae Yamashita (山下佐苗) has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 9 of 10 cubes · 55:01, set at West Japan Big Cube 2014, puts her in the top 24.5% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Japan. Across 52 competitions since March 2008, she has put 788 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 40.84 in March 2008 to 16.08, a 61% improvement. Sanae has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 55:01 | — | top 24.5% | 41 / 128 | |
| 3×3 | 16.08 | 18.78 | top 28.0% | 1,132 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 7.59 | top 33.2% | 417 / 1,021 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.81 | 11.26 | top 34.6% | 348 / 688 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:05.69 | 2:45.44 | top 35.4% | 145 / 282 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.86 | 1:29.79 | top 51.5% | 467 / 667 | |
| Clock | 15.90 | 18.69 | top 51.5% | 181 / 263 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | top 55.5% | 137 / 201 | |
| 5×5 | 2:23.50 | 2:33.78 | top 62.8% | 321 / 420 | |
| Square-1 | 40.24 | 54.07 | top 65.7% | 204 / 245 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 12:04.00 | — | top 66.8% | 53 / 81 | |
| Skewb | 12.75 | 25.46 | top 69.6% | 294 / 338 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.72 | 1:06.92 | top 78.3% | 472 / 529 | |
| Megaminx | 3:37.91 | 4:03.20 | top 85.5% | 297 / 313 | |
| 7×7 | 8:12.61 | 8:48.86 | top 89.7% | 172 / 188 | |
| 6×6 | 6:01.18 | 6:30.49 | top 90.8% | 192 / 209 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 35:43.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 44 / 50 |
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
- 21 Mar 2014Four personal bests in one day at Kansai Open 2014.
- 8 Jul 2012Three personal bests in one day at East Japan Big Cubes 2012.
- 14 Oct 2011Three personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011.
- 27 Mar 2010First sub-20 3×3: 19.83 at Japan Open 2010.
- 27 Mar 2010Six personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2010.
- 19 Sep 2009Four personal bests in one day at Toyama Open 2009.
Competitions
- Ota Blind Winter 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Kansai Open 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
- West Japan Big Cube 2014 · 13 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014 · 8 Aug 2014
- Cherry Blossom Viewing 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Kanto Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014
- UT Open 2013 · 24 Nov 2013
- Kawasaki Autumn 2013 · 15 Sep 2013
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013 · 23 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2013 · 1 Jun 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Kawasaki Open 2013 · 5 May 2013
- Japan Contest Spring 2013 · 14 Apr 2013
- Rabbit And Turtle 2013 · 9 Mar 2013
- East Japan Big Cubes 2013 · 11 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Winter 2012 · 22 Dec 2012
- Japan Open 2012 · 16 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Open 2012 · 1 Sep 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012 · 17 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Open 2012 · 12 Aug 2012
- East Japan Big Cubes 2012 · 8 Jul 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2012 · 3 Jun 2012
- Rabbit and Turtle 2012 · 4 May 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Matsudo Spring 2012 · 8 Apr 2012
- Waseda Brain Challenge 2012 · 17 Mar 2012
- Hokuriku Eve 2011 · 24 Dec 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Kyotanabe Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Matsudo Autumn 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011 · 19 Aug 2011
- Japan Open 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- West Japan Big Cubes 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Matsudo Spring 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Ishikawa Gokoku Shinto Shrine Open 2010 · 4 Dec 2010
- Matsudo Open 2010 · 23 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010 · 24 Jul 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2010 · 6 Jun 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- JRCA Kanto Winter 2010 · 21 Feb 2010
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Toyama Open 2009 · 19 Sep 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- JRCA Kanto Summer 2009 · 21 Jun 2009
- Osaka Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Amagasaki Open 2009 · 12 Jan 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanazawa Open 2008 · 20 Dec 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Open 2008 · 2 Aug 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Kashiwa Open 2008 · 5 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Open 2008 · 29 Mar 2008
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.
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as she improves.