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AquaRank Nations

Explore IAPLC 2026 through the five highest-ranked aquascapers from each country or region.
How the ranking works ↗
IAPLC 2026Top 5 average rank
Lower average. Higher position.
Published results · Same edition
1,419Recorded results
78Countries & regions
40With confirmed Top 5
38Awaiting data / Top 5

IAPLC 2026 · Complete Complete imported published ranking.

The leading five, together

Leading nations in 2026

Ranked by the average of five official overall ranks.

#1

China

8.8Average
overall rank
#1#5#10#11#17
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#2

Vietnam

10.4Average
overall rank
#2#6#13#15#16
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#3

Japan

17.6Average
overall rank
#3#9#21#26#29
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#1= vs 2025 China 8.8Average overall rank #1#5#10#11#17 120Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · China

The five contributing aquascapers

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(1 + 5 + 10 + 11 + 17) ÷ 5 = 8.8

IAPLC 2026 · #5 — Fan Zhe Min
OVERALL RANK #5

Fan Zhe Min

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2 Top 76 Top 2711 Top 100120 published results
#2↑ 2 vs 2025 Vietnam 10.4Average overall rank #2#6#13#15#16 56Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · Vietnam

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(2 + 6 + 13 + 15 + 16) ÷ 5 = 10.4

IAPLC 2026 · #15 — Quan Nguyenquang
OVERALL RANK #15

Quan Nguyenquang

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IAPLC 2026 · #16 — Vo Truong Nghia
OVERALL RANK #16

Vo Truong Nghia

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2 Top 75 Top 2713 Top 10056 published results
#3↓ 1 vs 2025 Japan 17.6Average overall rank #3#9#21#26#29 451Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · Japan

The five contributing aquascapers

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(3 + 9 + 21 + 26 + 29) ÷ 5 = 17.6

IAPLC 2026 · #26 — Kenyu Sakai
OVERALL RANK #26

Kenyu Sakai

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IAPLC 2026 · #29 — Hiroyuki Matsui
OVERALL RANK #29

Hiroyuki Matsui

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1 Top 74 Top 2722 Top 100451 published results
#4↑ 2 vs 2025 South Korea 30.2Average overall rank #18#22#23#35#53 37Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · South Korea

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(18 + 22 + 23 + 35 + 53) ÷ 5 = 30.2

IAPLC 2026 · #18 — Gunhee Han
OVERALL RANK #18

Gunhee Han

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IAPLC 2026 · #22 — Na Hyon Kim
OVERALL RANK #22

Na Hyon Kim

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IAPLC 2026 · #35 — Euijin Gong
OVERALL RANK #35

Euijin Gong

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0 Top 73 Top 2710 Top 10037 published results
#5↑ 3 vs 2025 Austria 45.8Average overall rank #36#37#48#51#57 56Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · Austria

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(36 + 37 + 48 + 51 + 57) ÷ 5 = 45.8

IAPLC 2026 · #37 — Florian Minnerop
OVERALL RANK #37

Florian Minnerop

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IAPLC 2026 · #48 — David Dobrovits
OVERALL RANK #48

David Dobrovits

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IAPLC 2026 · #51 — Gerhard Rabenseifner
OVERALL RANK #51

Gerhard Rabenseifner

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IAPLC 2026 · #57 — Christoph Maisch
OVERALL RANK #57

Christoph Maisch

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0 Top 70 Top 279 Top 10056 published results
#6↑ 1 vs 2025 Germany 49.6Average overall rank #20#38#52#60#78 96Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · Germany

The five contributing aquascapers

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(20 + 38 + 52 + 60 + 78) ÷ 5 = 49.6

IAPLC 2026 · #20 — Karsten Duenne
OVERALL RANK #20

Karsten Duenne

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0 Top 71 Top 276 Top 10096 published results
#7↑ 7 vs 2025 India 85.0Average overall rank #24#25#117#126#133 59Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · India

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(24 + 25 + 117 + 126 + 133) ÷ 5 = 85.0

IAPLC 2026 · #24 — Raul Mookherji
OVERALL RANK #24

Raul Mookherji

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IAPLC 2026 · #25 — Rajan Bhaumik
OVERALL RANK #25

Rajan Bhaumik

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IAPLC 2026 · #117 — Titas Das
OVERALL RANK #117

Titas Das

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IAPLC 2026 · #126 — Abubakar Siddiq
OVERALL RANK #126

Abubakar Siddiq

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0 Top 72 Top 272 Top 10059 published results
#8↑ 11 vs 2025 United States 97.8Average overall rank #31#56#120#137#145 33Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · United States

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(31 + 56 + 120 + 137 + 145) ÷ 5 = 97.8

IAPLC 2026 · #56 — Tianxu Yang
OVERALL RANK #56

Tianxu Yang

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IAPLC 2026 · #120 — Luke Shen
OVERALL RANK #120

Luke Shen

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IAPLC 2026 · #137 — Steve Leathead
OVERALL RANK #137

Steve Leathead

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IAPLC 2026 · #145 — Phong Tran
OVERALL RANK #145

Phong Tran

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0 Top 70 Top 272 Top 10033 published results
#9↓ 4 vs 2025 Brazil 99.8Average overall rank #8#39#121#146#185 24Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · Brazil

The five contributing aquascapers

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(8 + 39 + 121 + 146 + 185) ÷ 5 = 99.8

IAPLC 2026 · #8 — Luiz Andre Lemos De Oliveira Junior
OVERALL RANK #8

Luiz Andre Lemos De Oliveira Junior

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IAPLC 2026 · #185 — Leandro Eduardo
OVERALL RANK #185

Leandro Eduardo

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0 Top 71 Top 272 Top 10024 published results
#10↑ 12 vs 2025 Poland 125.4Average overall rank #46#66#122#135#258 24Ranked results
IAPLC 2026 · Poland

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(46 + 66 + 122 + 135 + 258) ÷ 5 = 125.4

IAPLC 2026 · #46 — Nelly Eechout Jablonska
OVERALL RANK #46

Nelly Eechout Jablonska

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IAPLC 2026 · #66 — Agnieszka Schoeneck
OVERALL RANK #66

Agnieszka Schoeneck

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IAPLC 2026 · #122 — Slawomir Szaniawski
OVERALL RANK #122

Slawomir Szaniawski

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IAPLC 2026 · #258 — Grzegorz Grzegorowski
OVERALL RANK #258

Grzegorz Grzegorowski

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0 Top 70 Top 272 Top 10024 published results
Data coverage across available editions
2001Partial10 ranked records2002Missing0 ranked records2003Missing0 ranked records2004Partial10 ranked records2005Complete27 ranked records2006Partial10 ranked records2007Partial7 ranked records2008Complete100 ranked records2009Complete1342 ranked records2010Complete1819 ranked records2011Complete1603 ranked records2012Complete2021 ranked records2013Complete2155 ranked records2014Complete1999 ranked records2015Complete1992 ranked records2016Complete2000 ranked records2017Partial1798 ranked records2018Complete1657 ranked records2019Complete1576 ranked records2020Complete2018 ranked records2021Complete2532 ranked records2022Complete2044 ranked records2023Complete1824 ranked records2024Complete1406 ranked records2025Complete1489 ranked records2026Complete1419 ranked records
How Nations works Inspired by Josh Sim’s IAPLC Nations Challenge
A clear, visible method

Five ranks.
One average.

Inspired by Josh Sim’s IAPLC Nations Challenge concept.

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Scope. Top 5 averages apply only to a comparable overall ranking. Category and award results keep their original labels.

Selection. Use the five lowest overall ranks for each country or region in the selected competition edition. A confirmed canonical aquascaper contributes once. Country assignments follow the edition result source, rather than current profile settings.

Calculation. Add the five ranks and divide by five. Lower averages place higher; identical sums share the same nation position. No career points, award bonuses or population adjustment are applied.

Coverage. National positions require a complete, verified imported edition, including verified source gaps and declared vacant or disqualified slots. With partial data, only Top 5 averages inside the validated ranking prefix are shown; national positions are withheld. Fewer than five confirmed contributors or unresolved identity collisions produce no average. Missing years are never treated as zero.

Year comparison. Changes use the immediately preceding calendar year, and only when both editions and both country positions are available. They never skip over missing years. Chart points are not connected across unavailable years.

Current edition. IAPLC 2026 has 1419 imported / reference result records. The recorded entry total is 1,452. These totals have different scopes.

Local preview. Editions use existing AquaRank database results. IAPLC 2026 has a verified bundled fallback. Category and award editions do not produce an overall rank average. Existing local records supply profile links and artwork. This is an independent AquaLibs analysis of published competition results.