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Akira Kurata (倉田旦)

3×3 · top 18.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007KURA01

Akira Kurata (倉田旦) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.25, set at Kanto Summer 2026, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 778th in Japan. Across 32 competitions since August 2007, he has put 413 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.47 in August 2007 to 13.25, a 72% improvement. Akira has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.3% of 284,439 all-time
13.25
signature single · Kanto Summer 2026
413
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×313.2514.68
top 18.3%778 / 3,329
2×23.595.62
top 21.3%263 / 1,021
5×51:44.131:51.31
top 38.4%205 / 420
3×3 one-handed37.1546.46
top 61.1%420 / 529
Skewb16.8323.33
top 83.6%325 / 338

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

Kanazawa Open 2007: 47.47Kanazawa Open 2008: 27.05JRCA Hokuriku 2009: 23.25Toyama Open 2009: 20.81JRCA Hokuriku Winter 2010: 21.38Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010: 17.15Kansai Open 2012: 18.05Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012: 18.43Hiroshima Open 2012: 16.34Japan Open 2012: 13.81Hokuriku Eve Open 2012: 15.71Kansai Open 2013: 19.05Cherry Blossom Viewing Open 2013: 18.31Japan Open 2013: 16.03Lake-Biwa Open 2013: 16.11Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 17.06Hokuriku Eve Open 2013: 15.93Kanto Open 2014: 15.11Kansai Open 2014: 14.71Cherry Blossom Viewing 2014: 16.55Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014: 18.93Sapporo Open 2014: 15.83Asian Championship 2014: 16.55Tokai Open 2014: 14.91Kansai Open 2015: 18.27Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015: 15.91Japan Open 2015: 14.91Kansai Open 2016: 15.00Japan Open 2016: 13.48Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023: 15.24Kanazawa 2024: 13.28Kanto Summer 2026: 13.2513.2547.4719 Aug 200729 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.