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Hale Kenmochi

3×3 · top 28.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023KENM01

Hale Kenmochi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.18, set at PBs in Palisades Spring 2026, puts him in the top 28.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,532nd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.39 in June 2023 to 16.18, a 21% improvement. Hale has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.4% of 284,439 all-time
16.18
signature single · PBs in Palisades Spring 2026
94
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.1820.36
top 28.4%15,532 / 59,724
2×24.697.60
top 35.4%14,119 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.7716.14
top 51.2%14,884 / 28,708
4×41:26.90
top 61.3%10,697 / 19,072
Clock54.31
early days — 2 solves8,788 / 8,927

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

CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 20.39Newark's On Track 2023: 23.93Hudson Valley 2023: 18.98Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024: 16.66Edgemont Cubing 2024: 18.80An Afternoon in Nyack 2024: 20.17PBs in Palisades Spring 2026: 16.1816.1823.9317 Jun 20234 Apr 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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dylan Chan — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Carson Widjaja — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.