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Shiori Yanai

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 0.63% of 4,268 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013SATO01

Shiori Yanai has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 39 of 40 cubes · 57:59, set at Tokyo BLD Winter 2026, puts her in the top 0.63% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Japan. Across 38 competitions since May 2013, she has put 373 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 35.90 in May 2013 to 11.70, a 67% improvement. Shiori has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 0.63% of 4,268 all-time
39 of 40 cubes · 57:59
signature single · Tokyo BLD Winter 2026
373
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 Multi-Blind39 of 40 cubes · 57:59—
top 0.63%1 / 128
3×3 blindfolded28.0731.84
top 3.7%18 / 282
Clock5.728.70
top 6.3%24 / 263
5×5 blindfolded6:30.8010:48.00
top 8.8%5 / 50
4×4 blindfolded3:18.036:18.38
top 9.8%8 / 81
Square-112.2415.92
top 10.3%38 / 245
3×311.7013.61
top 12.8%548 / 3,329
Megaminx1:13.201:17.86
top 17.6%116 / 313
4×446.0347.85
top 19.6%197 / 667
3×3 one-handed20.6624.72
top 22.3%181 / 529
5×51:29.321:34.53
top 26.7%158 / 420
Pyraminx7.319.77
top 30.4%310 / 688
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves44.67
top 33.6%103 / 201
6×63:05.013:17.28
top 43.4%110 / 209
Skewb8.3811.10
top 44.1%206 / 338
2×25.726.09
top 47.9%593 / 1,021
7×75:36.945:43.09
early days — 3 solves124 / 188

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

Kawasaki Open 2013: 35.90Japan Open 2013: 31.38Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 23.19Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 21.94UT Open 2013: 20.19Cherry Blossom Viewing 2014: 17.43Kawasaki Spring 2014: 19.46US Nationals 2014: 20.77Asian Championship 2014: 18.30UT Open 2014: 18.66Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 15.58Japan Open 2015: 20.65Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 12.87Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 11.70Taiwan Championship 2024: 14.40Tokyo Winter 2025: 13.08Ota Winter 2026: 12.2611.7035.905 May 201325 Jan 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 3.07 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as she improves.