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Yasushi Shimojima (下島廉)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SHIM09
Yasushi Shimojima (下島廉) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.75 in September 2024 to 9.36, a 20% improvement. Yasushi 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 | 9.36 | 11.33 | top 5.7% | 242 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.12 | 17.30 | top 8.3% | 82 / 529 | |
| Skewb | 3.88 | 5.63 | top 10.1% | 51 / 338 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.60 | 9.31 | top 32.9% | 329 / 688 |
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 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Katano Summer 2025.
- 15 Sep 2024First competition: Tokai Open AM 2024. A 11.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 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.
- Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.