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Shun Shimada (島田駿)

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013SHIM02

Shun Shimada (島田駿) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Kawasaki Spring 2016, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since April 2013, he has put 306 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.90 in April 2013 to 11.63, a 47% improvement. Shun has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Kawasaki Spring 2016
306
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×22.595.48
top 9.8%133 / 1,021
3×311.6313.35
top 12.6%536 / 3,329
3×3 blindfolded1:27.994:13.52
top 22.4%99 / 282
3×3 one-handed28.2539.36
top 42.5%330 / 529
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 19:29
early days — 1 solve80 / 128
Pyraminx9.8311.99
top 51.7%452 / 688
4×41:39.191:57.69
top 70.1%571 / 667
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
top 74.2%168 / 201

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 Contest Spring 2013: 21.90Kawasaki Open 2013: 18.52Japan Open 2013: 18.99Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 19.81Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 18.31Japan Contest Spring 2014: 15.68Kawasaki Spring 2014: 16.13Japan Contest Autumn 2014: 13.83Asian Championship 2014: 15.90Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 13.81Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015: 14.00Japan Contest Spring 2015: 13.09Kawasaki Summer 2015: 13.40East Japan Big Cubes 2015: 13.15Japan Open 2015: 13.63Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015: 13.81Kawasaki Spring 2016: 11.63Kanto Summer 2016: 13.59Tribox Open Winter 2017: 14.19Circles Open Spring 2017: 13.84Meguro 2017: 12.27Suginami Open 2017: 11.97Tribox Open Spring 2018: 13.78Ayase 2019: 11.8511.6321.9014 Apr 20132 Feb 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.