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Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉)

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 3.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017KITA01

Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 23 moves, set at Otsu FMC Winter 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Japan. Across 85 competitions since September 2017, he has put 937 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.75 in September 2017 to 13.00, a 75% improvement. Akatsuki has entered 85 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 3.0% of 12,294 all-time
23 moves
signature single · Otsu FMC Winter 2025
937
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves27.67
top 3.0%21 / 201
Pyraminx5.607.45
top 17.1%195 / 688
3×313.0017.38
top 17.4%736 / 3,329
2×23.716.65
top 22.8%292 / 1,021
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 53:31—
top 24.1%40 / 128
3×3 blindfolded1:34.262:02.44
top 24.7%114 / 282
Clock10.2513.31
top 26.4%94 / 263
Megaminx1:28.171:34.33
top 27.0%151 / 313
Skewb6.348.15
top 28.5%144 / 338
Square-122.9229.62
top 34.5%120 / 245
4×41:04.421:12.01
top 41.1%391 / 667
3×3 one-handed29.6437.70
top 45.8%350 / 529
4×4 blindfolded11:06.00—
top 62.6%48 / 81
5×52:25.552:41.33
top 63.7%324 / 420
6×64:53.874:55.79
top 80.4%182 / 209
7×78:07.868:43.42
top 89.2%170 / 188
5×5 blindfolded37:21.00—
early days — 2 solves45 / 50

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

Yokohama 2017: 51.75Kyushu Open 2017: 41.21TMU Open 2018: 31.86Omiya Bigs 2018: 31.68Kansai Summer 2018: 25.25Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2018: 28.30Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 23.65Saitama 2018: 25.80Japan Championship 2018: 28.48JRCA Kansai Winter 2019: 24.00Ayase 2019: 22.42Kansai Open 2019: 22.30Tribox Open Spring 2019: 21.18Tokai Open 2019: 23.47Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019: 22.39Ayase Autumn 2019: 20.59Kyoto Open 2019: 19.24Japan Championship 2019: 23.08Hiroshima Open 2019: 16.47Ayase 2020: 20.91Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 19.70Tokai Winter AM 2021: 19.18Minatomirai 2022: 18.36Yoga Summer A 2022: 17.07Ayase Autumn A 2022: 13.00Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 15.77Hiroshima Spring 2023: 18.08Ayase Summer 2023: 16.45Tokai Open 2023: 17.32Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023: 16.47Tokyo Challenge VI 2023: 16.97Hiroshima Winter 2024: 18.33Kanazawa 2024: 16.22Katano Milky Way 2024: 14.54Tokai Open PM 2024: 15.97Shonan AM 2024: 15.98Tokai Spring 2025: 18.64Tokyo Spring AM 2025: 19.18Luzon Multi-Mega Madness 2025: 15.93Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 16.69Tokyo Summer 2025: 17.61Tokai Summer 2025: 17.26Kanto Summer AM 2025: 18.49Katano Summer 2025: 13.81Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 16.93Kansai Mega Day 2025: 19.21Ota Winter 2026: 17.11Otsu Biwako Winter 2026: 15.96Kanto Winter 2026: 16.89Katano Spring 2026: 17.46Otsu Biwako Spring 2026: 17.41Kanto Spring 2026: 17.17Hiroshima Spring 2026: 16.06Shimonoseki Summer 2026: 17.07Kanto Summer 2026: 17.2813.0051.7517 Sep 201729 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.