People · Australia
Naoki Bate
3×3 · top 47.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025BATE05
Naoki Bate has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.84, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2025, puts him in the top 47.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,902nd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since February 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.89 in February 2025 to 22.84, a 12% improvement. Naoki 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.84 | 26.25 | top 47.5% | 4,902 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 9.82 | 13.06 | top 77.2% | 6,466 / 8,567 |
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 Feb 2025First competition: Spark Melbourne February 2025. A 25.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Luka Novakovic — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ethan Zhang — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Stan Wilson — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.