People · Japan
Aya Ishikura (石倉文)
Megaminx · top 7.4% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014AKAB01
Aya Ishikura (石倉文) has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 54.81, set at Hiroshima Spring 2023, puts her in the top 7.4% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Japan. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2014, she has put 131 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 26.80 in November 2014 to 11.99, a 55% improvement. Aya 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 54.81 | 1:04.07 | top 7.4% | 56 / 313 | |
| 3×3 | 11.99 | 13.66 | top 13.9% | 587 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 46:55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 37 / 128 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:14.55 | 2:46.94 | top 38.1% | 153 / 282 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:20.65 | — | early days — 3 solves | 39 / 81 |
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
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Ayase Autumn 2019.
- 5 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.08 at Meguro 2017.
- 1 Nov 2014First competition: Asian Championship 2014. A 26.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Tokyo Challenge VI 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge BLD I 2023 · 9 Apr 2023
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter B 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Ota Blind Winter 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Yoga Summer B 2022 · 28 Aug 2022
- Ota Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
- Minatomirai 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Meguro 2017 · 5 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
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 her.
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 4.81 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
Targets move as she improves.