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Shu Ogawa (小川柊)

5×5 · top 0.42% of 40,792 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020OGAW01

Shu Ogawa (小川柊) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 42.85, set at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Japan. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since February 2020, he has put 781 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.42 in February 2020 to 5.90, a 43% improvement. Shu has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.42% of 40,792 all-time
42.85
signature single · Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026
781
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
5×542.8550.26
top 0.42%3 / 420
3×35.906.75
top 0.43%14 / 3,329
4×423.8029.21
top 0.46%3 / 667
7×72:10.842:22.64
top 1.3%4 / 188
6×61:28.531:35.14
top 1.6%5 / 209
2×21.493.15
top 2.1%27 / 1,021
3×3 one-handed11.3414.28
top 2.2%21 / 529
Pyraminx2.843.44
top 3.1%45 / 688
Megaminx52.2455.12
top 6.1%45 / 313
Skewb3.577.20
top 8.2%43 / 338
Square-111.4313.54
top 8.7%34 / 245
Clock9.6912.13
top 23.6%82 / 263

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

Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 10.42Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 7.48Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 6.32Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 6.19Shonan PM 2024: 8.47Tokyo Spring PM 2025: 6.56Kanto Spring 2025: 7.21Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 5.90Taipei Summer Open 2025: 7.22Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 6.49Kanto Summer PM 2025: 6.55Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 6.98Ota Autumn 2025: 6.36Tokyo Winter 2025: 7.10Taiwan Championship 2025: 7.03Ota Winter 2026: 6.40Kanto Winter 2026: 7.45Katano Spring 2026: 6.15Tokyo Spring 2026: 6.42Kanto Spring 2026: 6.81Japan Championship 2026: 6.29Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 7.065.9010.4229 Feb 202025 Jul 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-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 2.85 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.