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Shota Azuma (東翔太)

3×3 one-handed · top 17.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017AZUM01

Shota Azuma (東翔太) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 18.72, set at Omiya Bigs 2018, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since December 2017, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.45 in December 2017 to 13.06, a 15% improvement. Shota has entered two competitions.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 17.0% of 73,695 all-time
18.72
signature single · Omiya Bigs 2018
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 one-handed18.7225.23
top 17.0%144 / 529
3×313.0614.78
top 17.6%746 / 3,329

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

Japan Open 2017: 15.45Omiya Bigs 2018: 13.0613.0615.4516 Dec 201710 Jun 2018

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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.72 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.