People · Japan
Eisuke Akiyama (秋山瑛祐)
Square-1 · top 5.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024AKIY01
Eisuke Akiyama (秋山瑛祐) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Kanto Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Japan. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2024, he has put 163 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in January 2024 to 10.90, a 35% improvement. Eisuke has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 9.73 | 13.53 | top 5.6% | 19 / 245 | |
| 3×3 | 10.90 | 12.34 | top 10.2% | 436 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.90 | top 23.2% | 298 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 49.12 | 57.25 | top 23.6% | 241 / 667 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.52 | 24.88 | top 24.6% | 199 / 529 | |
| Skewb | 10.27 | 13.20 | top 56.5% | 250 / 338 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.05 | 14.82 | top 60.9% | 514 / 688 | |
| 5×5 | 3:07.67 | — | early days — 3 solves | 370 / 420 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Louisiana Championship 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Red Stick Spring 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024First competition: Baton Rouge Winter 2024. A 16.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Kanto Spring 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Louisiana Championship 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Red Stick Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayou Big Cubes 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2024 · 5 Jan 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.
- Elijah Matzke — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- John S. Russell III — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Seth Talbot — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.