People · Japan
Shugo Kawashima (川島柊吾)
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018KAWA02
Shugo Kawashima (川島柊吾) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Japan Championship 2018, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 265th in Japan. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2018, he has put 107 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.90 in March 2018 to 9.57, a 36% improvement. Shugo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.57 | 11.27 | top 6.3% | 265 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 37.47 | 41.81 | top 9.2% | 91 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 2:58.15 | 3:12.64 | top 10.1% | 28 / 188 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.83 | 1:16.93 | top 12.9% | 80 / 420 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 5.10 | top 19.0% | 239 / 1,021 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.94 | 2:33.29 | early days — 3 solves | 74 / 209 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.10 | 26.58 | top 31.8% | 257 / 529 |
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
- 22 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Japan Championship 2018.
- 15 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tohoku 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First competition: YRCC Open 2018. A 15.22 3×3 single to start from.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at YRCC Open 2018.
Competitions
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Tohoku 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tohoku 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 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.
- Shunsuke Wada (和田俊輔) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Amey Gaba — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Takuma Daino (台野拓磨) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.