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Theo Masahiro Hirano

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023HIRA01

Theo Masahiro Hirano has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.04, set at Hawaii Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 839th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2023, he has put 664 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.32 in September 2023 to 7.04, a 68% improvement. Theo has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.04
signature single · Hawaii Championship 2026
664
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.048.05
top 1.4%839 / 59,724
2×21.882.63
top 4.0%1,585 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.306.14
top 4.7%1,221 / 28,708
4×440.3448.64
top 12.5%1,843 / 19,072
Megaminx1:10.031:26.29
top 15.6%1,067 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed18.5422.62
top 16.5%2,142 / 15,683
5×51:19.981:32.10
top 19.1%1,491 / 9,401
Skewb5.328.16
top 20.6%3,299 / 18,907
Square-127.7741.30
top 45.1%2,936 / 6,743
Clock14.3417.24
top 45.3%3,652 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves49.67
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
6×63:39.644:03.25
top 58.5%2,230 / 4,196
7×77:53.33—
early days — 3 solves2,814 / 3,184

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

Singapore Mini 2023: 22.32Hong Kong Championship 2023: 19.72Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 10.78Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2024: 10.36Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 9.08Kailua Kupulau 2025: 9.26One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 9.50Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 9.49Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 8.51Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025: 8.19ʻAiea Liʻi ʻOkakopa 2025: 7.83Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026: 8.41ʻEwa Beach Liʻi Malaki 2026: 8.89Hawaii Championship 2026: 7.047.0422.329 Sep 202324 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.

  • Jack Okazaki — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
  • Enzo Xuan — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
  • Chris Martin — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 70 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.