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Yuki Matsui (松井裕希)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018MATS11
Yuki Matsui (松井裕希) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.03, set at Katano Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Japan. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2018, he has put 262 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.87 in October 2018 to 6.94, a 42% improvement. Yuki has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 one-handed | 10.03 | 11.99 | top 1.1% | 12 / 529 | |
| 3×3 | 6.94 | 8.71 | top 1.3% | 55 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 4.76 | top 22.3% | 280 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.32 | 1:15.31 | top 39.9% | 386 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 346 / 420 | |
| Pyraminx | 32.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 683 / 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
- 7 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Katano Milky Way 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023.
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Japan Championship 2019.
- 20 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kyoto Open 2019.
- 28 Oct 2018First competition: Kansai Big Cube 2018. A 11.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Hiroshima Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Otsu Biwako Winter 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kyoto Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansai Summer 2019 · 1 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Big Cube 2018 · 28 Oct 2018
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 Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Masaya Nakamoto (中本誠也) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.