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Yuki Shionoya (塩野谷悠生)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022SHIO01

Yuki Shionoya (塩野谷悠生) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Ayase Autumn B 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Japan. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.95 in August 2022 to 6.98, a 12% improvement. Yuki has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.98
signature single · Ayase Autumn B 2022
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×36.988.92
top 1.3%58 / 3,329
5×51:22.681:31.68
top 21.3%126 / 420

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

Yoga Summer A 2022: 7.95Ayase Autumn B 2022: 6.98Tokai Open PM 2024: 7.646.987.9521 Aug 202215 Sep 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 22.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.