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Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)

3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005SUSE01

Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at YRCC Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 408th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 83 competitions since September 2005, he has put 1,292 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.79 in September 2005 to 10.61, a 49% improvement. Yuji has entered 83 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.61
signature single · YRCC Open 2018
1,292
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×310.6112.94
top 9.3%408 / 3,329
4×440.7346.28
top 13.0%132 / 667
5×51:19.841:25.10
top 19.0%114 / 420
3×3 blindfolded1:24.922:18.87
top 21.3%95 / 282
Pyraminx6.659.83
top 25.0%264 / 688
6×62:34.732:54.11
top 28.1%80 / 209
3×3 one-handed23.8427.70
top 31.1%254 / 529
2×24.475.38
top 32.5%411 / 1,021
7×74:14.684:21.84
top 36.0%80 / 188
Skewb8.2110.66
top 42.9%203 / 338
Megaminx1:59.282:07.84
top 45.3%217 / 313
Clock15.2520.27
top 48.9%169 / 263
Square-133.1041.43
top 55.3%166 / 245
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve162 / 201
4×4 blindfolded18:15.00—
early days — 1 solve67 / 81

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

Japanese Championship 2005: 20.79Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 16.99Tokyo Open 2006: 17.37Japanese Championship 2006: 15.81Machida Open 2007: 14.74Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 16.83Japan Open 2007: 14.71World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 15.22Osaka Open 2008: 13.65Kashiwa Open 2008: 14.61Tokyo Open 2008: 14.22Japan Open 2008: 14.13Osaka Open 2009: 14.00Japan Open 2009: 14.80JRCA Kanto Winter 2010: 13.75Kawasaki Open 2010: 13.8230th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 12.11Matsudo Open 2010: 12.97UT Open 2010: 13.18Matsudo Spring 2011: 13.00Japan Open 2011: 13.46Matsudo Autumn 2011: 11.77UT Open 2011: 15.80Tsukuba 2012: 11.77Kansai Open 2012: 12.19Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 12.33Kawasaki Open 2012: 15.40Kanto Open 2012: 12.53Japan Open 2012: 15.80Kanto Winter 2012: 12.84Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 11.71Kansai Open 2013: 12.22Japan Contest Spring 2013: 11.91Japan Open 2013: 13.11Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013: 12.46Kawasaki Autumn 2013: 13.52UT Open 2013: 11.19Kansai Open 2014: 12.15Asian Championship 2014: 11.90Kansai Open 2015: 13.05Japan Open 2015: 13.09UT Open 2015: 11.84Kansai Open 2016: 12.38Tachikawa Open 2016: 14.11Japan Open 2016: 10.94Tribox Open Winter 2017: 14.38Kansai Open 2017: 11.97World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.56Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 12.20Yokohama 2017: 12.33Suginami Open 2017: 11.59Japan Open 2017: 13.06TMU Open 2018: 12.66YRCC Open 2018: 10.61Kansai Open 2018: 13.25Kansai Summer 2018: 11.05Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 12.09Japan Championship 2018: 10.63Ayase 2019: 11.82Kansai Open 2019: 12.18Ayase Autumn 2019: 11.04Japan Championship 2019: 12.74Minatomirai 2022: 12.30Ayase Autumn A 2022: 11.36Tokyo Challenge VI 2023: 13.97Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025: 12.15Kanto Summer PM 2025: 12.55Kanto Autumn AM 2025: 11.02Tokyo Winter 2025: 15.08Ota Winter 2026: 12.21Kanto Winter 2026: 13.45Tokyo Spring 2026: 12.54Kanto Spring 2026: 11.75Japan Championship 2026: 11.7810.6120.793 Sep 200518 Jul 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 0.61 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.