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Sho Ogata (緒方昭)

3×3 · top 0.57% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017OGAT01

Sho Ogata (緒方昭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.13, set at Ayase Autumn A 2022, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Japan. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since October 2017, he has put 455 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.60 in October 2017 to 6.13, an 85% improvement. Sho has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.57% of 284,439 all-time
6.13
signature single · Ayase Autumn A 2022
455
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×36.137.70
top 0.57%24 / 3,329
2×21.573.06
top 2.5%33 / 1,021
Pyraminx3.625.77
top 6.0%78 / 688
3×3 one-handed16.5119.09
top 11.4%105 / 529
4×41:08.811:18.16
top 45.7%425 / 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

Suginami Open 2017: 41.60TMU Open 2018: 18.19Tribox Open Spring 2018: 36.94Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 12.40Saitama 2018: 12.49Japan Championship 2018: 12.61Ayase 2019: 8.48Tribox Open Spring 2019: 9.77WCA World Championship 2019: 10.48Kurukuru Summer 2019: 10.08Ayase Autumn 2019: 8.30Japan Championship 2019: 10.12Hiroshima Open 2019: 8.48Ayase 2020: 8.74Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 8.01Tokai Winter AM 2021: 7.59Ota Summer 2022: 7.38Yoga Summer A 2022: 8.71Ayase Autumn A 2022: 6.13Tokyo Challenge Winter A 2023: 7.20Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.34Tokai Challenge Beta 2024: 7.35Katano Milky Way 2024: 7.64Shonan AM 2024: 7.72Tokyo Spring PM 2025: 7.98Tokyo Summer 2025: 7.70Kanto Summer AM 2025: 6.97Tokyo Spring 2026: 7.206.1341.6029 Oct 20175 Apr 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.