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Sora Sato

3×3 · top 0.092% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SATO01

Sora Sato has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.85, set at Spark Melbourne July 2025, puts him in the top 0.092% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Australia. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 75 competitions since April 2018, he has put 3,724 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.59 in April 2018 to 4.85, a 71% improvement. Sora has entered 75 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.092% of 284,439 all-time
4.85
signature single · Spark Melbourne July 2025
3,724
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×34.856.21
top 0.092%10 / 11,709
4×422.1025.80
top 0.19%4 / 3,051
5×541.3345.64
top 0.26%2 / 1,356
2×20.901.73
top 0.38%51 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.532.71
top 0.46%26 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed9.0410.41
top 0.53%18 / 2,659
6×61:21.411:28.63
top 0.78%5 / 641
Megaminx38.4540.69
top 1.2%20 / 1,277
7×72:11.032:22.14
top 1.3%5 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves21.67
top 1.5%8 / 468
Skewb2.053.46
top 1.5%58 / 3,534
Square-17.049.52
top 1.9%20 / 899
Clock3.994.98
top 2.3%28 / 1,095
3×3 blindfolded27.6534.15
top 3.6%20 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 13 cubes · 52:10—
early days — 3 solves44 / 180
5×5 blindfolded30:24.00—
early days — 1 solve44 / 51
4×4 blindfolded18:34.0020:49.00
early days — 3 solves84 / 96

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

Canberra Autumn 2018: 16.59Warm Up Sydney 2018: 11.76Australian Nationals 2018: 10.79Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 10.31JRCA Kansai Winter 2019: 9.94Cool Down Sydney 2019: 9.29Koalafication Sydney 2019: 10.23Koalafication Canberra 2019: 6.79Warm Up Sydney 2019: 8.52WCA World Championship 2019: 8.94Harold Park Classic 2019: 8.02Fortitude Sydney 2019: 7.48Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 7.85Sydney Open 2019: 8.49Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 7.87Guildford Open 2020: 7.23Going to The Gong 2020: 7.41Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 7.04Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 7.52Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021: 6.23Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 6.86Darwin Open 2022: 7.57NSW Open 2022: 6.65Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 7.26Australian Nationals 2022: 6.89Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 7.50North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 7.68Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 5.81Queensland Open 2023: 7.17Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 5.03Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 6.14Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 7.02Sydney Summer 2023: 6.08Cubing at The Cube 2024: 6.34Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 5.64Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 6.11Goulburn Open 2024: 6.41Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 6.41Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 5.92Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 5.81Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024: 6.15Cubing at The Cube 2025: 5.56Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 5.46NSW State Championship 2025: 5.64Lake Macquarie Open 2025: 4.92Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 5.86Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 5.45Spark Melbourne July 2025: 4.85Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 5.37WA State Championship 2025: 5.81Australian Nationals 2025: 5.95Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 6.11Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 5.98Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026: 5.19Melbourne Summer 2026: 5.47Katano Spring 2026: 5.72NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 5.68Orange 2026: 5.68Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 6.37Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 5.23Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 5.18Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 6.544.8516.5921 Apr 201830 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.