People · Japan
Yuito Nozaki (野崎結人)
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017NOZA01
Yuito Nozaki (野崎結人) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at TMU Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2017, he has put 289 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.99 in March 2017 to 10.16, a 69% improvement. Yuito has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.47 | 4.86 | top 5.3% | 69 / 688 | |
| 3×3 | 10.16 | 12.13 | top 7.9% | 341 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.58 | 17.52 | top 9.3% | 90 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 39.95 | 44.64 | top 12.1% | 121 / 667 | |
| Square-1 | 15.70 | 24.35 | top 18.0% | 71 / 245 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 4.93 | top 22.4% | 283 / 1,021 | |
| 7×7 | 3:48.81 | 4:04.81 | top 26.7% | 63 / 188 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.82 | 1:39.33 | top 28.8% | 173 / 420 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.63 | 2:13.31 | top 42.4% | 207 / 313 | |
| Clock | 16.84 | 17.35 | top 54.9% | 191 / 263 | |
| Skewb | 10.43 | 13.15 | top 57.6% | 253 / 338 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.79 | 4:11.31 | early days — 3 solves | 152 / 209 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:10.74 | — | early days — 1 solve | 239 / 282 |
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 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Japan Championship 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.37 at YRCC Open 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at TMU Open 2018.
- 17 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 18.14 at Yokohama 2017.
- 17 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.14 at Yokohama 2017.
- 14 Jan 2017First competition: Tribox Open Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kurukuru Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Omiya Bigs 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- TMU Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Suginami Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yokohama 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Meguro 2017 · 5 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
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 50 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryouichi Ibaraki (茨木亮一) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Kazutaka Watanabe (渡部和孝) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.