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AquaRank Nations

Explore IAPLC 2025 through the five highest-ranked aquascapers from each country or region.
How the ranking works ↗
IAPLC 2025Top 5 average rank
Lower average. Higher position.
Published results · Same edition
The leading five, together

Leading nations in 2025

Ranked by the average of five official overall ranks.

#1

China

8.0Average
overall rank
#2#7#8#11#12
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#2

Japan

17.2Average
overall rank
#3#4#23#25#31
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#3

Malaysia

25.8Average
overall rank
#1#5#22#45#56
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Country & region standings

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Open a country to see its contributing aquascapers and available local artwork. Showing 10 of 77 countries & regions

#1= vs 2024 China 8.0Average overall rank #2#7#8#11#12 =vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · China

The five contributing aquascapers

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(2 + 7 + 8 + 11 + 12) ÷ 5 = 8.0

IAPLC 2025 · #8 — Liang Jihang
OVERALL RANK #8

Liang Jihang

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #12 — Wei Chen
OVERALL RANK #12

Wei Chen

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 90 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

2 Top 78 Top 2714 Top 10090 published results
#2= vs 2024 Japan 17.2Average overall rank #3#4#23#25#31 =vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Japan

The five contributing aquascapers

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(3 + 4 + 23 + 25 + 31) ÷ 5 = 17.2

IAPLC 2025 · #25 — Takahiro Ogawa
OVERALL RANK #25

Takahiro Ogawa

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 488 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

2 Top 74 Top 2720 Top 100488 published results
#3↑ 3 vs 2024 Malaysia 25.8Average overall rank #1#5#22#45#56 ↑ 3vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Malaysia

The five contributing aquascapers

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(1 + 5 + 22 + 45 + 56) ÷ 5 = 25.8

IAPLC 2025 · #22 — Luqman Aziz
OVERALL RANK #22

Luqman Aziz

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #45 — Jelantoi Lantoi
OVERALL RANK #45

Jelantoi Lantoi

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #56 — Chau Yuan Wu
OVERALL RANK #56

Chau Yuan Wu

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 45 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

2 Top 73 Top 276 Top 10045 published results
#4↓ 1 vs 2024 Vietnam 35.8Average overall rank #15#18#26#55#65 ↓ 1vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Vietnam

The five contributing aquascapers

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(15 + 18 + 26 + 55 + 65) ÷ 5 = 35.8

Artwork unavailable locally
OVERALL RANK #18

Thao Tran

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #55 — Vo Truong Nghia
OVERALL RANK #55

Vo Truong Nghia

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #65 — Huu Minh Tri Pham
OVERALL RANK #65

Huu Minh Tri Pham

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 54 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

0 Top 73 Top 277 Top 10054 published results
#5↓ 1 vs 2024 Brazil 38.0Average overall rank #19#24#46#50#51 ↓ 1vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Brazil

The five contributing aquascapers

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(19 + 24 + 46 + 50 + 51) ÷ 5 = 38.0

IAPLC 2025 · #46 — Daniel Basseto
OVERALL RANK #46

Daniel Basseto

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #50 — Kaio Marques
OVERALL RANK #50

Kaio Marques

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #51 — Mauricio Andrade
OVERALL RANK #51

Mauricio Andrade

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 20 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

0 Top 72 Top 276 Top 10020 published results
#6↓ 1 vs 2024 South Korea 40.4Average overall rank #16#37#42#44#63 ↓ 1vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · South Korea

The five contributing aquascapers

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(16 + 37 + 42 + 44 + 63) ÷ 5 = 40.4

IAPLC 2025 · #44 — Kiyeong Kim
OVERALL RANK #44

Kiyeong Kim

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #63 — Seo June Kim
OVERALL RANK #63

Seo June Kim

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 31 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

0 Top 71 Top 279 Top 10031 published results
#7= vs 2024 Germany 70.4Average overall rank #33#39#57#86#137 =vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Germany

The five contributing aquascapers

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(33 + 39 + 57 + 86 + 137) ÷ 5 = 70.4

IAPLC 2025 · #57 — Karsten Duenne
OVERALL RANK #57

Karsten Duenne

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #86 — Florian Breindl
OVERALL RANK #86

Florian Breindl

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #137 — Grzegorz Ziomek
OVERALL RANK #137

Grzegorz Ziomek

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

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0 Top 70 Top 274 Top 10092 published results
#8= vs 2024 Austria 81.0Average overall rank #29#48#54#88#186 =vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Austria

The five contributing aquascapers

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(29 + 48 + 54 + 88 + 186) ÷ 5 = 81.0

IAPLC 2025 · #54 — Florian Minnerop
OVERALL RANK #54

Florian Minnerop

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #88 — Dobrovits David
OVERALL RANK #88

Dobrovits David

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IAPLC 2025 · #186 — Rene Bieber
OVERALL RANK #186

Rene Bieber

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View all 51 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

0 Top 70 Top 274 Top 10051 published results
#9↑ 9 vs 2024 Thailand 82.4Average overall rank #32#36#93#101#150 ↑ 9vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Thailand

The five contributing aquascapers

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(32 + 36 + 93 + 101 + 150) ÷ 5 = 82.4

IAPLC 2025 · #150 — Pornsan Phuthong
OVERALL RANK #150

Pornsan Phuthong

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 21 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

0 Top 70 Top 273 Top 10021 published results
#10↑ 14 vs 2024 Italy 137.2Average overall rank #6#89#151#219#221 ↑ 14vs 2024
IAPLC 2025 · Italy

The five contributing aquascapers

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(6 + 89 + 151 + 219 + 221) ÷ 5 = 137.2

IAPLC 2025 · #6 — Francesco Rampinelli
OVERALL RANK #6

Francesco Rampinelli

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #89 — Giovanni Boggia
OVERALL RANK #89

Giovanni Boggia

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #151 — Andrea Feliciano
OVERALL RANK #151

Andrea Feliciano

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #219 — Valerio Bandini
OVERALL RANK #219

Valerio Bandini

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally
IAPLC 2025 · #221 — Bruno Fiorenza
OVERALL RANK #221

Bruno Fiorenza

Aquascaping Profile link unavailable locally

View all 16 country results in 2025 → · Country overview →

1 Top 71 Top 272 Top 10016 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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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 2025 has 1489 imported / reference result records. The recorded entry total is 1,533. 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.