People · Japan
Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022EGUC02
Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.09, set at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2022, he has put 299 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.16 in April 2022 to 7.09, a 36% improvement. Soshi has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.09 | 9.18 | top 1.4% | 66 / 3,360 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.76 | 4.75 | top 2.9% | 42 / 691 | |
| Clock | 6.20 | 7.90 | top 7.9% | 33 / 268 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 49.09 | 1:36.06 | top 9.6% | 47 / 285 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.12 | 1:19.79 | top 11.1% | 71 / 426 | |
| 4×4 | 39.31 | 40.63 | top 11.4% | 120 / 679 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.81 | top 13.1% | 175 / 1,026 | |
| Skewb | 4.32 | 6.75 | top 13.2% | 74 / 354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.83 | 25.12 | top 25.6% | 210 / 539 | |
| Square-1 | 24.87 | 33.15 | top 39.0% | 135 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 8:03 | — | early days — 3 solves | 91 / 128 | |
| 7×7 | 7:49.13 | 8:16.02 | early days — 3 solves | 166 / 188 |
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
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at Tokai Open 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Tokai Open 2023.
- 3 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Ayase Autumn A 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: Minatomirai 2022. A 11.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokai Autumn 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Kanto Summer PM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring AM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Tokai Challenge Gamma 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Blind New Year 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.