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Hisashi Imai

Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020IMAI01

Hisashi Imai has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Indonesian Championship 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Japan. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2020, he has put 411 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.11 in January 2020 to 2.08, a 49% improvement. Hisashi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.08
signature single · Indonesian Championship 2022
411
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Pyraminx2.083.43
top 1.3%16 / 688
2×22.103.91
top 5.4%66 / 1,021
3×39.6111.63
top 6.4%278 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed14.6425.23
top 7.4%74 / 529
3×3 blindfolded44.39
top 8.0%39 / 282
4×438.7448.91
top 10.6%108 / 667
5×51:20.351:37.64
top 19.4%118 / 420
Megaminx1:16.931:23.05
top 19.8%129 / 313
Skewb5.346.65
top 20.8%108 / 338
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 24:02
early days — 2 solves46 / 128
6×62:56.793:10.62
early days — 3 solves99 / 209
Clock13.2822.15
top 40.8%146 / 263
7×74:31.03
early days — 2 solves88 / 188
Square-137.64
early days — 2 solves193 / 245
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves47.00
early days — 3 solves155 / 201

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

Jakarta Open 2020: 4.11PSKG Premiere Cubing 2020: 3.94Jakarta Mini Open 2020: 3.62CC Mini Sunday 2022: 2.67Jakarta Speedcubing 2022: 2.25Taman Anggrek Speedcubing B 2022: 3.41Tangerang Is Back 2022: 2.68Indonesian Championship 2022: 2.08PSKG Premiere Cubing 2023: 3.17Ignatian Open 2023: 2.80Tangerang Lagi 2023: 3.60Balam Cubes Jakarta Cube Feast 2026: 2.772.084.1111 Jan 20202 May 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.