People · Japan
Toma Nishihara (西原冬真)
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024NISH03
Toma Nishihara (西原冬真) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Shimonoseki Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2024, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in February 2024 to 9.49, a 33% improvement. Toma has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.49 | 10.26 | top 6.1% | 256 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 6.14 | top 25.6% | 320 / 1,021 |
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
- 9 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Shimonoseki Summer 2026.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Hiroshima Winter 2024. A 14.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki Summer 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 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.
- Takahiro Aoki (青木尊弘) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Masaki Nishimura (西村正輝) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.