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Shoji Ueda (植田昌司)

3×3 · top 23.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017UEDA02

Shoji Ueda (植田昌司) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.55, set at Kanto Spring 2025, puts him in the top 23.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 977th in Japan. Across 39 competitions since January 2017, he has put 367 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.20 in January 2017 to 14.55, a 62% improvement. Shoji has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.0% of 288,433 all-time
14.55
signature single · Kanto Spring 2025
367
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×314.5518.34
top 23.0%977 / 3,360
Pyraminx6.7011.06
top 25.5%273 / 691
2×24.028.01
top 26.8%333 / 1,026
Megaminx2:03.812:37.36
top 48.0%227 / 313
3×3 one-handed32.8843.51
top 53.2%394 / 539
Clock16.9920.78
top 55.5%199 / 268
Skewb10.2612.85
top 56.5%262 / 354
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves52.67
top 65.7%158 / 205
4×41:35.641:40.43
top 67.8%569 / 679
Square-144.1247.56
top 70.1%217 / 251
5×52:45.293:15.04
top 72.8%360 / 426
6×65:20.165:36.12
early days — 3 solves190 / 209

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

Tribox Open Winter 2017: 38.20Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 32.20Japan Open 2017: 28.55Saitama 2018: 25.08Japan Championship 2018: 23.31Tribox Open Spring 2019: 27.79Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 28.72Kurukuru Summer 2019: 25.66Ayase 2020: 24.42Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 22.47Tokyo Challenge Winter A 2023: 16.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 19.64Shonan PM 2024: 18.25Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025: 16.69Tokai Spring 2025: 19.76Tokyo Spring PM 2025: 19.60Kanto Spring 2025: 14.55Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 18.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 19.20Tokyo Summer 2025: 17.59Kanto Summer AM 2025: 19.68Katano Summer 2025: 20.15Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 20.17Ota Autumn 2025: 19.01Tokyo Winter 2025: 18.56Ota Winter 2026: 19.55Kanto Winter 2026: 20.39Katano Spring 2026: 20.36Tokyo Spring 2026: 17.08Otsu Biwako Spring 2026: 17.61Kanto Spring 2026: 19.63Tokai Autumn 2026: 17.36Tokyo Autumn 2026: 17.8114.5538.2014 Jan 201717 Oct 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-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.