People · Japan
Yuki Akazawa (赤澤祐貴)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025AKAZ01
Yuki Akazawa (赤澤祐貴) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Otsu Biwako Winter 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.43 in September 2025 to 8.37, an 11% improvement. Yuki 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 | 8.37 | 11.26 | top 3.5% | 149 / 3,360 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 6.64 | top 22.3% | 239 / 691 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.47 | 25.56 | top 30.1% | 250 / 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
- 15 Sep 2025First competition: Katano Summer 2025. A 9.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Otsu Biwako Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Otsu Biwako Winter 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025
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.
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Itthikorn Jittaveeroj (อิทธิกร จิตทวีโรจน์) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.