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AquaRank Nations
Explore IAPLC 2004 through the five highest-ranked aquascapers from each country or region.
How the ranking works ↗IAPLC 2004Top 5 average rank
Lower average. Higher position.
Published results · Same editionCountry & region standings
Explore the nations
Open a country to see its contributing aquascapers and available local artwork. Showing 2 of 2 countries & regions
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JapanVerified average · partial edition
4.0Average overall rank
#2#3#4#5#6
—No prior rank
IAPLC 2004 · Japan
View competition history ↗The five contributing aquascapers
(2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6) ÷ 5 = 4.0
OVERALL RANK #3
Junichi Hanaoka
AquascapingFresh Green "The Children's Limbo"
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OVERALL RANK #6
Fumihiro Sugai
AquascapingSUMMER BREEZE
Profile link unavailable locallyView all 9 country results in 2004 → · Country overview →
6 Top 79 Top 279 Top 1009 published results
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South KoreaFewer than five published contributors.
—Average overall rank
#1
—No prior rank
IAPLC 2004 · South Korea
View competition history ↗Selected published results
Fewer than five published contributors.
View all 1 country results in 2004 → · Country overview →
1 Top 71 Top 271 Top 1001 published results
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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 methodFive ranks.
Five ranks.
One average.
Inspired by Josh Sim’s IAPLC Nations Challenge concept.
View edition result source ↗Read the full Nations methodology →
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 2004 has 10 imported / reference result records. The recorded entry total is 791. 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.