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Oscar Niizeki

Clock · top 4.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024NIIZ01

Oscar Niizeki has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.97, set at Tassie Summer 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Australia. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since August 2024, he has put 631 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.78 in August 2024 to 2.83, a 68% improvement. Oscar has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 4.4% of 32,048 all-time
4.97
signature single · Tassie Summer 2026
631
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Clock4.975.43
top 4.4%60 / 1,095
3×3 blindfolded46.581:30.96
top 8.8%44 / 394
2×22.834.06
top 12.3%934 / 8,567
Skewb4.428.80
top 13.9%359 / 3,534
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 49:24—
top 16.1%33 / 180
3×312.8913.78
top 17.0%1,515 / 11,709
Pyraminx7.048.76
top 28.2%1,467 / 5,993
4×454.881:00.19
top 30.6%801 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed24.2137.45
top 32.1%731 / 2,659
Square-122.7627.87
top 34.2%328 / 899
Megaminx2:05.722:22.39
top 49.0%596 / 1,277
5×52:03.242:18.19
top 51.2%694 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves50.00
top 65.6%291 / 468
5×5 blindfolded23:19.00—
early days — 1 solve39 / 51
6×64:39.264:55.36
top 77.1%494 / 641
4×4 blindfolded15:20.00—
early days — 1 solve80 / 96
7×711:04.00—
early days — 2 solves507 / 523

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

Geelong Winter 2024: 8.78Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 8.92Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 4.74Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 3.17Melbourne Summer 2025: 4.84Spark Melbourne February 2025: 4.02VIC State Championship 2025: 4.56Spark Melbourne July 2025: 3.91Geelong Winter 2025: 4.60Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 2.83New Zealand Nationals 2025: 3.08Tassie Summer 2026: 3.66Melbourne Summer 2026: 3.29West Melbourne Open 2026: 3.73Australian Nationals 2026: 3.282.838.9224 Aug 20249 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Zayd Chaudhry — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Jacob Joshi — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Emmet Hobbs — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 25 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 6.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.