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Sono Aoki (青木 笙德)
2×2 · top 29.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024AOKI02
Sono Aoki (青木 笙德) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.24, set at USM Penang Cube 2025, puts him in the top 29.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in Japan. Across 7 competitions since May 2024, he has put 90 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.20 in May 2024 to 4.24, a 68% improvement. Sono has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 11.35 | top 29.6% | 371 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 34.89 | 37.88 | top 70.3% | 2,393 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.53 | 19.65 | top 75.6% | 582 / 688 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-60 3×3: 47.81 at Kedah Cube Open 2024.
- 19 May 2024First competition: USM Penang Cube 2024. A 1:01.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- USM Penang Cube 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Penang Cube Masters 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- USM Penang Cube 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penang Cube Masters 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kedah Cube Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2024 · 19 May 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.
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Terence Lai Yu Kit (黎宇杰) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sri Ganesh Krishna — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.