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Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 0.45% of 12,294 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008UENO01

Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 19 moves, set at Ayase Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Japan. Across 131 competitions since May 2008, he has put 2,924 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.59 in May 2008 to 7.14, a 51% improvement. Shuto has entered 131 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 0.45% of 12,294 all-time
19 moves
signature single · Ayase Autumn 2019
2,924
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves22.00
top 0.45%4 / 201
3×37.148.63
top 1.5%68 / 3,329
4×427.8131.80
top 1.7%17 / 667
3×3 one-handed11.1113.91
top 1.9%19 / 529
3×3 blindfolded23.8529.64
top 2.6%11 / 282
2×21.592.57
top 2.6%36 / 1,021
5×553.1559.50
top 2.7%23 / 420
Megaminx47.6950.77
top 4.1%32 / 313
Pyraminx3.254.77
top 4.5%61 / 688
Skewb3.396.13
top 7.1%36 / 338
Square-111.0513.27
top 8.1%29 / 245
7×72:54.413:04.07
top 9.0%25 / 188
6×62:00.382:02.77
top 11.1%36 / 209
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 13 cubes · 59:17—
top 21.4%34 / 128
4×4 blindfolded4:55.595:46.04
top 21.6%21 / 81
Clock10.1811.26
top 26.0%92 / 263
5×5 blindfolded14:45.00—
top 40.6%23 / 50

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

Kashiwa Open 2008: 14.59Tokyo Open 2008: 18.83JRCA Kanto Summer 2009: 17.86JRCA Kanto Winter 2010: 13.33Kawasaki Open 2010: 12.83Matsudo Spring 2011: 12.72Tokai Open 2012: 10.25Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 10.55Kawasaki Open 2012: 11.19Kanto Open 2012: 10.97Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012: 10.96Japan Open 2012: 10.90Japan Contest 2012: 10.94UT Open 2012: 9.83Kanto Winter 2012: 10.53Japan Contest Spring 2013: 9.63Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 10.11Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 10.31UT Open 2013: 9.44Kanto Open 2014: 9.56Kansai Open 2014: 9.03Cherry Blossom Viewing 2014: 9.75Japan Contest Spring 2014: 8.66Kawasaki Spring 2014: 10.90Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014: 9.65West Japan Big Cube 2014: 9.58Japan Contest Autumn 2014: 9.53Asian Championship 2014: 9.93UT Open 2014: 8.47Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015: 9.18Kansai Open 2015: 8.88Japan Contest Spring 2015: 9.21Kawasaki Summer 2015: 9.28East Japan Big Cubes 2015: 9.81Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015: 9.63Japan Open 2015: 9.59UT Open 2015: 9.96Meguro 3x3 Fest 2015: 8.90Kansai Open 2016: 9.31Kanto Spring 2016: 9.77Kawasaki Spring 2016: 8.06Kanto Summer 2016: 8.48Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016: 9.97Japan Open 2016: 9.11Tribox Open Winter 2017: 8.20Circles Open Spring 2017: 7.31Kansai Summer 2017: 8.50Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 10.37Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2017: 8.44Yokohama 2017: 8.51Suginami Open 2017: 7.26Japan Open 2017: 9.13TMU Open 2018: 9.00YRCC Open 2018: 8.15Tribox Open Spring 2018: 8.28Omiya Bigs 2018: 9.05Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2018: 9.07WCA Asian Championship 2018: 8.98Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 7.57Saitama 2018: 8.58Ayase 2019: 8.56Kansai Open 2019: 7.30Tribox Open Spring 2019: 8.36Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 8.48Tokai Open 2019: 8.62WCA World Championship 2019: 7.73Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019: 7.14Ayase Autumn 2019: 7.24Kyoto Open 2019: 8.67Japan Championship 2019: 8.37Ayase 2020: 8.62Kanazawa Open 2020: 8.23Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 10.54Tokai Winter PM 2021: 8.05Minatomirai 2022: 8.47Yoga Summer A 2022: 8.25Ayase Autumn B 2022: 7.44Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 10.37Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.85Tokai Open 2023: 8.41Tokyo Challenge VIII 2023: 8.47Kanazawa 2024: 8.85Tokai Open PM 2024: 8.50Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 10.03Shonan AM 2024: 7.35Tokyo Spring AM 2025: 8.46Kanto Spring 2025: 8.47Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 8.10Kanto Summer PM 2025: 7.89Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 8.43Kansai Mega Day 2025: 7.85Ota Autumn 2025: 7.95Ota Winter 2026: 8.92Kanto Winter 2026: 8.84Tokyo Spring 2026: 8.47Kanto Spring 2026: 8.56Japan Championship 2026: 9.39Kanto Summer 2026: 7.897.1418.835 May 200829 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.