People · United States
Kai Nagashima
2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023NAGA04
Kai Nagashima has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 65 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in March 2023 to 12.52, a 24% improvement. Kai 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.39 | top 13.2% | 5,203 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.52 | 15.40 | top 15.7% | 8,409 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.59 | 34.01 | top 33.1% | 4,337 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.12 | 1:17.06 | top 35.5% | 5,728 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.84 | 18.03 | top 51.7% | 15,059 / 28,708 |
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
- 13 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Berkeley Fall 2024.
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Berkeley Spring 2023. A 19.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stanley Tran — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gurshan Singh — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.