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Akito Koike

3×3 blindfolded · top 5.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024KOIK01

Akito Koike has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 33.80, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Australia. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2024, he has put 508 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.83 in April 2024 to 10.51, a 34% improvement. Akito has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 5.1% of 12,178 all-time
33.80
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2026
508
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded33.801:11.12
top 5.1%26 / 394
Pyraminx3.435.51
top 5.2%231 / 5,993
3×310.5111.81
top 9.0%798 / 11,709
2×22.594.72
top 9.8%747 / 8,567
4×4 blindfolded3:30.65—
top 11.0%13 / 96
5×51:10.051:20.40
top 11.6%154 / 1,356
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 19 cubes · 59:44—
top 11.8%23 / 180
4×440.9049.47
top 13.2%329 / 3,051
5×5 blindfolded10:14.00—
early days — 3 solves10 / 51
3×3 one-handed20.7326.75
top 22.5%509 / 2,659
Megaminx1:25.051:33.32
top 25.0%312 / 1,277
7×74:16.604:30.19
top 36.6%177 / 523
Clock14.1216.19
top 44.4%462 / 1,095
6×63:15.464:48.22
top 48.3%291 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves229 / 468
Square-131.91—
early days — 3 solves522 / 899
Skewb11.4617.08
top 63.3%2,110 / 3,534

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

Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 15.83Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 15.54Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 13.07Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 11.25Cubing at The Cube 2025: 11.34Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 12.38NSW State Championship 2025: 11.81Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 12.29Cubing at The Cube 2026: 10.84Tassie Summer 2026: 10.51Melbourne Summer 2026: 11.37NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 10.67Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 10.6210.5115.8313 Apr 20246 Jun 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.

  • Elias Chong — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • Hans Lin — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Miles Irwin — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 22 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 3.80 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.