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Souichirou Ashida (芦田宗一朗)

3×3 · top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024ASHI01

Souichirou Ashida (芦田宗一朗) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.57, set at Kanto Summer AM 2025, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 529th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since July 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.67 in July 2024 to 11.57, a 61% improvement. Souichirou has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.57
signature single · Kanto Summer AM 2025
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×311.5715.29
top 12.4%529 / 3,329
Pyraminx6.6516.89
top 25.0%264 / 688
2×24.967.75
top 38.8%477 / 1,021

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

Katano Milky Way 2024: 29.67Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 16.33Kanto Summer AM 2025: 11.57Kansai Mega Day 2025: 13.62Katano Spring 2026: 14.2011.5729.677 Jul 202421 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.