People · Japan
Haruto Kawabata (川端大翔)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024KAWA11
Haruto Kawabata (川端大翔) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.59, set at Tokyo Spring PM 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2024, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.70 in December 2024 to 8.59, an 11% improvement. Haruto has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.59 | 10.54 | top 3.9% | 166 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 35.25 | 43.04 | top 6.9% | 75 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.03 | 1:18.95 | top 11.6% | 71 / 420 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.09 | 22.86 | top 18.0% | 152 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 4.80 | top 26.4% | 331 / 1,021 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.68 | 9.55 | top 33.5% | 335 / 688 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: Shonan PM 2024. A 9.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
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.
- Shuyang Chen (陈舒扬) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ao Nogami (野上碧) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shu Ogawa (小川柊) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.