People · Japan
Ayane Nomoto (野本彩音)
5×5 · top 21.9% of 40,792 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019NOMO01
Ayane Nomoto (野本彩音) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:23.47, set at Tokai Summer 2025, puts her in the top 21.9% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 132nd in Japan. Across 17 competitions since February 2019, she has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 23.62 in February 2019 to 14.83, a 37% improvement. Ayane 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:23.47 | 1:36.36 | top 21.9% | 132 / 420 | |
| 4×4 | 48.34 | 54.33 | top 22.6% | 230 / 667 | |
| 3×3 | 14.83 | 15.44 | top 23.8% | 984 / 3,329 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.59 | 3:08.68 | top 37.9% | 94 / 209 | |
| 2×2 | 5.35 | 7.56 | top 43.6% | 545 / 1,021 | |
| 7×7 | 5:05.22 | 5:29.55 | top 52.2% | 107 / 188 |
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 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025.
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.28 at Ayase Autumn 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First competition: Ayase 2019. A 23.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokai Big Cubes 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Summer 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Tokyo Challenge V 2023 · 9 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Autumn B 2022 · 6 Nov 2022
- Yoga Summer B 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
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.
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 23.47 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.34 away.
Targets move as she improves.