People · Japan
Shunichi Hirota (廣田駿一)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024HIRO03
Shunichi Hirota (廣田駿一) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.10, set at Kansai Mega Day 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 333rd in Japan. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2024, he has put 97 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.55 in July 2024 to 10.10, a 20% improvement. Shunichi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.10 | 11.83 | top 7.8% | 333 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 8.12 | top 22.2% | 278 / 1,021 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 10.48 | top 26.8% | 280 / 688 | |
| 4×4 | 56.86 | 1:10.77 | top 33.0% | 325 / 667 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.26 | 40.29 | top 37.5% | 295 / 529 | |
| Skewb | 9.59 | 14.19 | top 52.4% | 234 / 338 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.07 | 2:29.23 | top 54.9% | 281 / 420 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.99 | 2:28.90 | top 57.4% | 253 / 313 | |
| Clock | 37.16 | 49.98 | top 91.4% | 252 / 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
- 7 Jul 2024First competition: Katano Milky Way 2024. A 12.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
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.
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.