People · Japan
Daichi Asanuma (淺沼大地)
Pyraminx · top 5.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ASAN01
Daichi Asanuma (淺沼大地) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.48, set at Katano Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 98 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.79 in February 2024 to 9.66, a 24% improvement. Daichi has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.48 | 5.32 | top 5.4% | 70 / 688 | |
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 11.86 | top 6.5% | 286 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 4.47 | top 10.6% | 146 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 47.30 | 54.02 | top 21.2% | 219 / 667 | |
| Skewb | 6.01 | 9.32 | top 25.8% | 131 / 338 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.91 | 25.98 | top 28.5% | 228 / 529 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.15 | 2:02.44 | top 42.0% | 231 / 420 | |
| Clock | 17.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 196 / 263 | |
| 7×7 | 5:25.20 | 5:33.75 | early days — 3 solves | 121 / 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 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Katano Summer 2025.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Hiroshima Winter 2024. A 12.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 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.
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tomoki Moriyama (森山智樹) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.