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Yuki Nomura (野村優希)

4×4 · top 0.29% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019NOMU01

Yuki Nomura (野村優希) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 22.75, set at Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Japan. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since April 2019, he has put 1,318 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.29 in April 2019 to 5.66, a 54% improvement. Yuki has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.29% of 83,917 all-time
22.75
signature single · Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025
1,318
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
4×422.7525.90
top 0.29%1 / 667
3×35.668.24
top 0.31%7 / 3,329
3×3 one-handed9.7011.88
top 0.85%9 / 529
5×546.7750.80
top 1%8 / 420
Pyraminx2.203.90
top 1.5%19 / 688
2×21.572.81
top 2.5%33 / 1,021
Megaminx44.5349.29
top 3.0%24 / 313
6×61:51.461:56.80
top 7.7%23 / 209
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves28.67
top 8.0%40 / 201
Clock7.779.39
top 14.1%51 / 263
7×73:12.513:17.63
top 14.1%36 / 188
Skewb4.626.49
top 15.4%76 / 338
3×3 blindfolded1:19.521:52.32
early days — 3 solves83 / 282
Square-117.1827.15
top 21.4%82 / 245
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 10:07—
early days — 1 solve93 / 128

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

Kansai Open 2019: 12.29Kansai Summer 2019: 10.63Kyoto Open 2019: 11.28Tokai Winter AM 2021: 10.29Minatomirai 2022: 7.53Yoga Summer B 2022: 7.11Ayase Autumn B 2022: 7.29Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 8.13Hiroshima Spring 2023: 8.35Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023: 8.59Ayase Summer 2023: 9.23Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.18Tokai Open 2023: 7.74Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023: 7.20Hiroshima Winter 2024: 6.69Kanazawa 2024: 7.99Katano Milky Way 2024: 7.75Tokai Open PM 2024: 6.96Berkeley Fall 2024: 7.74Davis Fall 2024: 6.88Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 6.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 7.45Rocklin Winter 2024: 7.94Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 8.44SacCubing XIX 2025: 8.20Davis Weeknight February 2025: 7.88Berkeley Winter 2025: 7.08Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 5.66Berkeley March Weekday NxN 2025: 7.45Yuba City Spring 2025: 7.55Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 7.54Tokai Summer 2025: 7.44SacCubing XXI 2025: 7.76Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025: 7.05Kansai Mega Day 2025: 7.88Ota Autumn 2025: 7.50Katano Spring 2026: 7.36ʻEwa Beach Liʻi Malaki 2026: 7.59Hiroshima Spring 2026: 8.34Kansai Mega Day 2026: 6.975.6612.2920 Apr 20191 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.75 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.