People · Japan
Hyu Iwata (岩田飛生)
3×3 · top 15.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019IWAT01
Hyu Iwata (岩田飛生) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.56, set at Katano Spring 2026, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 679th in Japan. Across 4 competitions since April 2019, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.01 in April 2019 to 12.56, a 79% improvement. Hyu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.56 | 15.05 | top 15.9% | 679 / 3,360 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 13.81 | top 19.5% | 215 / 691 | |
| 4×4 | 54.57 | 1:07.12 | top 30.3% | 310 / 679 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.96 | 31.13 | top 44.3% | 351 / 539 |
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
- 21 Mar 2026First sub-30 3×3: 12.56 at Katano Spring 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 12.56 at Katano Spring 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.56 at Katano Spring 2026.
- 1 Sep 2019First sub-60 3×3: 47.63 at Kansai Summer 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First competition: Kansai Open 2019. A 1:00.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kyoto Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Summer 2019 · 1 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2019 · 20 Apr 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 his.
- Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.