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Yutaro Okawa (大川祐太朗)
3×3 · top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024OKAW01
Yutaro Okawa (大川祐太朗) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 314th in Japan. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.88 in February 2024 to 9.87, a 29% improvement. Yutaro has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.87 | 12.43 | top 7.1% | 314 / 3,360 | |
| Skewb | 4.80 | 8.13 | top 16.7% | 94 / 354 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 4.45 | top 26.4% | 331 / 1,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 9.12 | top 31.3% | 318 / 691 |
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: 9.87 at Katano Summer 2025.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Hiroshima Winter 2024. A 13.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 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.
- Takahiro Aoki (青木尊弘) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tomoki Moriyama (森山智樹) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.