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Sota Matsuda (松田壮太)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MATS06
Sota Matsuda (松田壮太) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 73 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.37 in August 2022 to 7.83, a 24% improvement. Sota has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.83 | 8.90 | top 2.5% | 104 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.36 | 6.71 | top 9.5% | 108 / 688 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 3.55 | top 12.4% | 169 / 1,021 | |
| Skewb | 6.51 | 12.58 | top 29.8% | 150 / 338 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.18 | 1:55.65 | top 30.2% | 164 / 313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.88 | 1:13.07 | top 39.5% | 383 / 667 |
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
- 15 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Katano Summer 2025.
- 12 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Go x Go Kyoto 2023.
- 28 Aug 2022First competition: Yoga Summer B 2022. A 11.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Go x Go Kyoto 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yoga Summer B 2022 · 28 Aug 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.
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.