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Yuma Yamano (山野裕真)
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025YAMA07
Yuma Yamano (山野裕真) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Katano Spring 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 425th in Japan. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2025, he has put 49 official solves on the record across seven 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 12.62 in June 2025 to 10.73, a 15% improvement. Yuma has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.73 | 11.44 | top 9.7% | 425 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 44.03 | 47.95 | top 17.1% | 171 / 667 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:27.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 97 / 282 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.94 | 25.85 | top 31.3% | 256 / 529 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.19 | 1:38.53 | top 31.7% | 185 / 420 | |
| 2×2 | 5.93 | 7.09 | top 50.2% | 617 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 10:28.00 | 12:36.00 | early days — 3 solves | 45 / 81 |
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 Jun 2025First competition: Kansai Odd and BLD 2025. A 12.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai BLD Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 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 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kento Hirai (平井健斗) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mirei Morioka (森岡美玲) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.