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Soshi Iwao (巖壮至)
3×3 blindfolded · top 12.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022IWAO01
Soshi Iwao (巖壮至) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 59.08, set at SoCal Silent Spectacular 2022, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since June 2022, he has put 32 official solves on the record across eight events. Soshi 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 blindfolded | 59.08 | — | top 12.7% | 65 / 282 | |
| 3×3 | 14.15 | 18.42 | top 21.5% | 897 / 3,329 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.96 | 1:43.13 | top 28.2% | 155 / 313 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 127 / 201 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:04.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 37 / 81 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.51 | 2:10.12 | top 53.3% | 273 / 420 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 11:22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 97 / 128 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 42:51.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 46 / 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 story so far
- 26 Jun 2022First competition: Blind Is Back LA 2022.
Competitions
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- SoCal Silent Spectacular 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Blind Is Back LA 2022 · 26 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Graham Siggins — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akifumi Sasaki (佐々木彰史) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 9.08 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.