People · Japan
Toru Sugihara (杉原徹)
3×3 · top 34.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024SUGI01
Toru Sugihara (杉原徹) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.06, set at Shimonoseki 2025, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,349th in Japan. Across 8 competitions since February 2024, he has put 38 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.07 in February 2024 to 18.06, a 10% improvement. Toru has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 18.06 | 19.09 | top 34.4% | 1,349 / 3,360 |
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
- 7 Jul 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.34 at Katano Milky Way 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Hiroshima Winter 2024. A 20.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokai Autumn 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Otsu Biwako Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
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.
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.