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Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)

Skewb · top 0.25% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014OKAD01

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Kanto Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Japan. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since December 2014, he has put 1,653 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.06 in December 2014 to 7.04, a 53% improvement. Noriyuki has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.25% of 73,281 all-time
1.33
signature single · Kanto Winter 2026
1,653
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Skewb1.332.06
top 0.25%1 / 338
3×3 one-handed10.0015.32
top 1.1%11 / 529
3×37.048.75
top 1.4%61 / 3,329
2×21.324.16
top 1.4%13 / 1,021
4×431.1036.76
top 3.5%46 / 667
Clock4.886.13
top 4.1%14 / 263
5×559.621:06.49
top 5.3%43 / 420
Megaminx54.641:01.21
top 7.3%55 / 313
Pyraminx4.035.69
top 7.8%98 / 688
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves76 / 201
6×62:28.582:35.47
early days — 3 solves72 / 209
7×73:58.714:11.97
top 30.2%67 / 188
3×3 blindfolded2:29.77—
top 43.1%169 / 282

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

Tokai Open 2014: 15.06Kansai Open 2015: 12.58JRCA Kansai Spring 2015: 12.18Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015: 14.69Japan Open 2015: 15.50Kansai Open 2016: 12.93JRCA Kansai Spring 2016: 10.16Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016: 10.88Japan Open 2016: 10.90Kansai Small Cubes 2016: 10.55JRCA Kansai Winter 2017: 9.69Circles Open Spring 2017: 9.69Kansai Open 2017: 10.82JRCA Kansai Spring 2017: 10.29Kansai Summer 2017: 10.26Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2017: 10.95Kansai Fall 2017: 9.74Japan Open 2017: 9.55Kyushu Open 2017: 9.32Kyoto Open 2018: 10.04Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2018: 8.98WCA Asian Championship 2018: 8.97Saitama 2018: 10.40Japan Championship 2018: 9.11Kansai Open 2019: 8.98Tokai Open 2019: 8.75WCA World Championship 2019: 8.60Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019: 8.93Japan Championship 2019: 9.44Taiwan Championship 2019: 8.37Hiroshima Open 2019: 8.68Ayase 2020: 8.55Minatomirai 2022: 7.90Yoga Summer B 2022: 8.40Ayase Autumn A 2022: 8.08Taiwan Championship 2022: 8.55Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 8.21Singapore Championship 2023: 8.14Hiroshima Spring 2023: 9.10Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.27Tokai Open 2023: 8.00Hiroshima Winter 2024: 7.04Katano Milky Way 2024: 9.79Tokai Open PM 2024: 8.51Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 8.65Taiwan Championship 2024: 8.78Pingtung Winter Open 2025: 8.63Tokai Spring 2025: 8.36Tokyo Spring AM 2025: 8.19Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 8.60Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.37Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 8.86Kanto Summer AM 2025: 8.83Katano Summer 2025: 8.52Ota Autumn 2025: 8.80Shimonoseki 2025: 9.20Kanto Winter 2026: 8.43Otsu Biwako Spring 2026: 9.91Taipei Cube Open 2026: 9.27Japan Championship 2026: 8.877.0415.506 Dec 201418 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.