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Shun Ishikawa

2×2 · top 16.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011ISHI02

Shun Ishikawa has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.17, set at Cuthberts Open 2013, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Japan. Across 19 competitions since July 2011, he has put 356 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.46 in July 2011 to 14.81, a 62% improvement. Shun has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.17
signature single · Cuthberts Open 2013
356
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×23.176.07
top 16.3%215 / 1,021
3×314.8116.83
top 23.8%983 / 3,329
Pyraminx8.0012.82
top 36.2%365 / 688
4×41:08.791:17.70
top 45.7%423 / 667
3×3 one-handed36.0043.93
top 59.1%407 / 529
5×52:27.472:47.65
top 64.6%327 / 420
Square-159.89
top 83.6%231 / 245
Megaminx4:03.27
top 90.5%308 / 313
6×68:08.94
early days — 1 solve205 / 209

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

Japan Open 2011: 39.46World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 32.33Northern Irish Open 2013: 18.84Nottingham Open 2013: 21.09Eindhoven Spring 2013: 20.15World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 18.81Guildford Open 2013: 19.08Cuthberts Open 2013: 18.96Dutch Open 2013: 18.71UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 17.39Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 17.40Oxford Open 2014: 18.55Welcome To Cambridge 2014: 14.81Cuthberts Open 2014: 15.38UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 16.80Kanto Summer 2016: 16.73Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 15.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 16.75Tokyo Challenge VI 2023: 15.9514.8139.4630 Jul 20114 Nov 2023

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.