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Shigeki Yamashita (山下茂輝)

3×3 · top 47.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024YAMA19

Shigeki Yamashita (山下茂輝) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.87, set at Swisscubing Cup III 2026, puts him in the top 47.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,719th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since December 2024, he has put 37 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.35 in December 2024 to 22.87, a 13% improvement. Shigeki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.6% of 284,439 all-time
22.87
signature single · Swisscubing Cup III 2026
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×322.8725.99
top 47.6%1,719 / 3,329
4×42:26.652:45.53
top 90.9%637 / 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

Shonan AM 2024: 26.35Malegno Valleminx 2025: 23.99Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 25.68Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 29.72Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 22.8722.8729.727 Dec 202423 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 7 Dec 2024First competition: Shonan AM 2024. A 26.35 3×3 single to start from.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.87 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 26.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.