People · Japan
Shota Ishii (石井翔太)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024ISHI05
Shota Ishii (石井翔太) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Tokyo Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2024, he has put 116 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.62 in May 2024 to 7.94, a 17% improvement. Shota has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.94 | 10.66 | top 2.7% | 114 / 3,360 | |
| Megaminx | 48.31 | 53.42 | top 4.4% | 33 / 313 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 4.77 | top 5.6% | 68 / 1,026 | |
| 4×4 | 35.15 | 47.26 | top 6.9% | 78 / 679 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.61 | 1:17.22 | top 9.5% | 60 / 426 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.14 | 21.78 | top 15.5% | 134 / 539 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.53 | 8.49 | top 16.7% | 192 / 691 |
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
- 25 May 2024First competition: Kanazawa 2024. A 12.53 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Kanazawa 2024.
Competitions
- Tokai Autumn 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Autumn PM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Summer PM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Spring 2025 · 20 Mar 2025
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zirui Wang (王子睿) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 8.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.