People · Japan
Shun Sakurai (櫻井駿)
3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010SAKU01
Shun Sakurai (櫻井駿) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.11, set at Sapporo Open 2014, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 469th in Japan. Across 15 competitions since June 2010, he has put 201 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.39 in June 2010 to 11.11, a 28% improvement. Shun has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 11.11 | 12.52 | top 10.8% | 469 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 76 / 201 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.96 | 35.43 | top 34.1% | 277 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 4.83 | 8.95 | top 37.2% | 457 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.91 | 1:43.60 | top 65.0% | 550 / 667 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.02 | 22.63 | top 81.9% | 616 / 688 | |
| Megaminx | 3:59.69 | — | top 90.0% | 306 / 313 | |
| Clock | 37.43 | 52.07 | top 91.6% | 254 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Aug 2011Three personal bests in one day at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011.
- 23 Oct 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at Matsudo Open 2010.
- 6 Jun 2010First competition: Kawasaki Open 2010. A 15.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sapporo Open 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2013 · 24 Nov 2013
- Edinburgh Open 2013 · 26 Jan 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Winter 2012 · 22 Dec 2012
- UT Open 2012 · 25 Nov 2012
- Kawasaki Open 2012 · 3 Jun 2012
- Kansai Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Tsukuba 2012 · 5 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- UT Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2011 · 19 Aug 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Matsudo Spring 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Matsudo Open 2010 · 23 Oct 2010 — 1 personal best set
- 30th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010 · 24 Jul 2010
- Kawasaki Open 2010 · 6 Jun 2010
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.
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.