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Yuto Yamada (山田悠人)
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024YAMA03
Yuto Yamada (山田悠人) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.75, set at Japan Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 181st in Japan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.35 in March 2024 to 8.75, a 64% improvement. Yuto has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.75 | 10.24 | top 4.3% | 181 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 3.89 | top 16.1% | 212 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.46 | 25.98 | top 21.7% | 180 / 529 | |
| Square-1 | 22.41 | 36.22 | top 33.3% | 114 / 245 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.88 | 1:12.84 | top 43.9% | 407 / 667 |
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
- 27 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Tokai Summer 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 12.84 at Tokai Spring 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at Tokai Spring 2025.
- 31 Mar 2024First competition: Tokai Challenge Alpha 2024. A 24.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Otsu Biwako Winter 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Challenge Alpha 2024 · 31 Mar 2024
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 once
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.