People · Japan
Shota Horikiri (堀切翔太)
3×3 · top 47.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025HORI02
Shota Horikiri (堀切翔太) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.77, set at Tokai Spring 2025, puts him in the top 47.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,734th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. Shota has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.77 | 30.51 | top 47.5% | 1,734 / 3,360 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Tokai Spring 2025. A 22.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokai Autumn 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
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.
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.