People · Japan
Shotaro Akiyama (秋山晶太郎)
Pyraminx · top 27.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024AKIY02
Shotaro Akiyama (秋山晶太郎) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at Red Stick Spring 2024, puts him in the top 27.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in Japan. Across 5 competitions since January 2024, he has put 88 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.05 in January 2024 to 18.66, a 38% improvement. Shotaro has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.92 | 8.09 | top 27.3% | 284 / 691 | |
| 3×3 | 18.66 | 19.83 | top 36.2% | 1,406 / 3,360 | |
| 2×2 | 5.13 | 5.86 | top 41.0% | 507 / 1,026 | |
| Clock | 13.55 | 16.42 | top 42.0% | 155 / 268 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.68 | 2:48.88 | top 63.6% | 266 / 313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.07 | 2:00.24 | top 68.8% | 576 / 679 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.17 | 1:13.96 | top 85.1% | 502 / 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
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.13 at Louisiana Championship 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Red Stick Spring 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 26.07 at Bayou Big Cubes 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024First competition: Baton Rouge Winter 2024. A 30.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Louisiana Championship 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Stick Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bayou Big Cubes 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2024 · 5 Jan 2024
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.
- Elijah Matzke — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Gunner Engelsman — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- John S. Russell III — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.