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Hiroaki Aoki (青木弘明)
Pyraminx · top 34.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024AOKI01
Hiroaki Aoki (青木弘明) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts him in the top 34.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 346th in Japan. Across 9 competitions since February 2024, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.41 in February 2024 to 25.77, a 35% improvement. Hiroaki has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.80 | 13.06 | top 34.5% | 346 / 688 | |
| 2×2 | 5.81 | 14.27 | top 48.8% | 604 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 25.77 | 38.39 | top 54.3% | 1,941 / 3,329 | |
| Skewb | 12.37 | 16.83 | top 67.8% | 286 / 338 | |
| 4×4 | 2:19.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 632 / 667 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:12.52 | 1:36.01 | top 90.0% | 514 / 529 |
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-30 3×3: 27.70 at Katano Summer 2025.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Hiroshima Winter 2024. A 39.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki Summer 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Takahiro Aoki (青木尊弘) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.