Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Japan → Shunsuke Okuyama (奥山駿介)

People · Japan

Shunsuke Okuyama (奥山駿介)

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012OKUY01

Shunsuke Okuyama (奥山駿介) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Kyushu Open 2014, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2012, he has put 216 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.58 in February 2012 to 8.40, a 27% improvement. Shunsuke has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.40
signature single · Kyushu Open 2014
216
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×38.4010.51
top 3.5%150 / 3,329
4×440.1344.43
top 12.3%124 / 667
5×51:12.931:30.63
top 13.7%83 / 420
Megaminx1:17.611:30.85
top 20.3%131 / 313
2×24.596.27
top 34.1%431 / 1,021
Pyraminx21.9733.07
top 94.9%670 / 688

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

Kyushu Open 2012: 11.58Kyotanabe Open 2012: 10.06Hiroshima Open 2012: 11.03Kansai Open 2013: 9.52Kyushu Open 2013: 9.40Kyushu Open 2014: 8.40Kyushu Open 2015: 8.418.4011.5818 Feb 201227 Dec 2015

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.