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Sora Yamada (山田青空)
3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025YAMA09
Sora Yamada (山田青空) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.93, set at Tokyo Spring 2026, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 580th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.13 in August 2025 to 11.93, a 21% improvement. Sora has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 11.93 | 13.99 | top 13.7% | 580 / 3,329 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.05 at Kanto Winter 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First competition: Kanto Summer PM 2025. A 15.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Summer PM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
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.
- Han Wu (吳翰) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Aryasakti Wirasena — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kazuhiko Kusano (草野一彦) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.