In the past year (2025), Sotaro Hayashi (林聡太朗) competed in 12 competitions and 32 rounds across 8 events, from Feb 16th to Dec 7th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 2 times across 1 event, including 1 gold and 1 bronze.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Square-1 | 1 | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 135 solves and completed 107.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 39 | 45 |
| Square-1 | 32 | 35 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 18 | 20 |
| Megaminx | 5 | 5 |
| Clock | 4 | 5 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 4 | 6 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3 | 15 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 2 | 4 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 28 times across 8 events, including 16 singles and 12 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Square-1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Clock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Megaminx | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Square-1 | 15.50 | 6.71 | 8.79 (131.00%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 10.02 | 7.60 | 2.42 (31.84%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | - | 31.61 | - |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | - | 1:19.92 | - |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | - | 13:09.00 | - |
| Clock | - | 5.02 | - |
| Megaminx | - | 55.01 | - |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | - | 6/9 55:12 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Square-1 | 17.90 | 8.41 | 9.49 (112.84%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 11.49 | 9.50 | 1.99 (20.95%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | - | 34.70 | - |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | - | 22:04.00 | - |
| Clock | - | 7.86 | - |
| Megaminx | - | 59.30 | - |
Cubers
He met 504 cubers from 26 countries/regions, 223 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 281 |
| 2 | 101 |
| 3 | 40 |
| 4 | 30 |
| 5 | 21 |
| 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 |
| All | 504 |
Regions
He competed in 1 country/region.
