People · New Zealand
Gen Kimura
Pyraminx · top 0.28% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021KIMU01
Gen Kimura has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Beachside Auckland 2025, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in New Zealand. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2021, he has put 911 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.16 in January 2021 to 6.24, a 53% improvement. Gen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.36 | 2.21 | top 0.28% | 10 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 0.97 | 2.19 | top 0.5% | 29 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 6.24 | 8.78 | top 0.64% | 27 / 2,095 | |
| Clock | 3.17 | 4.36 | top 0.99% | 8 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.42 | 11.57 | top 1.3% | 17 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 2.37 | 5.27 | top 2.4% | 30 / 666 | |
| Megaminx | 46.17 | 54.00 | top 3.5% | 19 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 31.30 | 36.57 | top 3.7% | 40 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 58.34 | 1:09.99 | top 4.7% | 26 / 355 | |
| Square-1 | 9.49 | 12.53 | top 5.3% | 18 / 251 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.08 | 2:44.92 | top 27.7% | 56 / 149 | |
| 7×7 | 4:04.02 | 4:26.50 | top 32.3% | 50 / 126 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Beachside Auckland 2025.
- 1 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023.
- 13 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Auckland Autumn 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Seven personal bests in one day at A New Year in Hamilton 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022Twelve personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- A New Year in Hamilton 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 12 personal bests set
- Three Rounds Whangarei 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 12 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Elyas Eyou — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Richard Yiheng Tao — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Alexander Vujcich — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.