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Shota Ihara (井原奨太)

3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008IHAR01

Shota Ihara (井原奨太) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.63, set at Japan Open 2009, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 536th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since May 2008, he has put 60 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.40 in May 2008 to 11.63, a 43% improvement. Shota has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.63
signature single · Japan Open 2009
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.6314.14
top 12.6%536 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed24.5528.22
top 33.0%268 / 529
5×51:55.34
early days — 2 solves249 / 420
7×76:31.46
early days — 1 solve151 / 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

Kashiwa Open 2008: 20.40Tokyo Open 2008: 16.77Osaka Open 2009: 13.00Japan Open 2009: 11.6311.6320.405 May 20081 Aug 2009

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.