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Oto Aoyagi (青柳吟)
3×3 blindfolded · top 1.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013AOYA01
Oto Aoyagi (青柳吟) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 21.23, set at Hiroshima Spring 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Japan. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2013, he has put 230 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in March 2013 to 9.78, a 38% improvement. Oto has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 blindfolded | 21.23 | 23.98 | top 1.7% | 8 / 282 | |
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 10.97 | top 6.9% | 300 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 15 of 17 cubes · 49:33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15 / 128 | |
| 4×4 | 40.19 | 41.60 | top 12.3% | 125 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.62 | 1:39.63 | top 27.8% | 166 / 420 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.48 | 4:12.41 | top 30.9% | 68 / 188 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.12 | 1:59.97 | top 31.4% | 168 / 313 | |
| 2×2 | 4.56 | 5.68 | top 33.7% | 424 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:12.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 38 / 81 |
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 Aug 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015.
- 11 Aug 2013First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013.
- 9 Mar 2013First competition: Rabbit And Turtle 2013. A 15.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020 · 26 Dec 2020
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Suginami Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yokohama 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Tachikawa Open 2016 · 4 Sep 2016
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016
- Kanto Spring 2016 · 27 Mar 2016
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015 · 21 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Waseda Brain Challenge 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- JRCA Kansai Summer 2014 · 20 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- West Japan Big Cube 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2013 · 11 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Rabbit And Turtle 2013 · 9 Mar 2013
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.