People · Japan
Yamato Sugita (杉田大和)
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SUGI01
Yamato Sugita (杉田大和) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.31, set at Kanto Summer AM 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2016, he has put 93 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.58 in April 2016 to 8.31, a 28% improvement. Yamato 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 | 8.31 | 10.39 | top 3.4% | 140 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.28 | 20.90 | top 15.8% | 138 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 46.13 | 49.61 | top 19.7% | 199 / 667 | |
| 2×2 | 5.34 | 5.74 | top 43.5% | 541 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:15.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 213 / 282 | |
| Skewb | 13.31 | 16.04 | top 72.0% | 304 / 338 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.31 at Kanto Summer AM 2025.
- 3 Apr 2016First competition: Las Piñas Open 2016. A 11.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Kanto Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Kanto Summer AM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring AM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge VIII 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Las Piñas Open 2016 · 3 Apr 2016
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.
- Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Masaya Nakamoto (中本誠也) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.