People · United States
Shun Machida
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025MACH11
Shun Machida has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Blink and You'll Miss It NE 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,569th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2025, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.15 in September 2025 to 8.85, a 21% improvement. Shun has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 11.41 | top 4.6% | 2,569 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 3.74 | top 14.8% | 5,862 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 54.89 | 59.90 | top 30.7% | 4,900 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.33 | 9.02 | top 39.1% | 11,346 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.70 | 33.21 | top 41.2% | 5,603 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 11.51 | 21.06 | top 63.6% | 11,956 / 19,164 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Blink and You'll Miss It NE 2026.
- 26 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Blink and You'll Miss It NE 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025. A 11.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Blink and You'll Miss It NE 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Coleton Pleiss — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sam Troxel — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chaeli Baker — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.