People · United States
Kade Shigekawa
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SHIG02
Kade Shigekawa has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,373rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2018, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.09 in August 2018 to 9.49, a 53% improvement. Kade has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.49 | 12.36 | top 6.1% | 3,373 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 12.71 | top 47.9% | 8,521 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.33 | 7.84 | top 54.3% | 22,160 / 40,951 |
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
- 31 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 11.74 at La La Land 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.74 at La La Land 2024.
- 18 Aug 2018First competition: Nisei Week 2018. A 20.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.