People · Japan
Kanako Eguchi (江口佳奈子)
3×3 blindfolded · top 4.6% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022EGUC03
Kanako Eguchi (江口佳奈子) has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 31.49, set at Ota BLD Autumn 2025, puts her in the top 4.6% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Japan. Until April 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2022, she has put 175 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in August 2022 to 12.46, a 27% improvement. Kanako has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 blindfolded | 31.49 | 39.01 | top 4.6% | 22 / 282 | |
| Clock | 5.58 | 6.36 | top 5.9% | 21 / 263 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 12 of 13 cubes · 51:03 | — | top 14.0% | 21 / 128 | |
| 3×3 | 12.46 | 15.17 | top 15.5% | 645 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.11 | 7.85 | top 28.7% | 300 / 688 | |
| 2×2 | 5.32 | 6.11 | top 43.2% | 538 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 10:13.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 42 / 81 |
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
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Tokai Open 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Tokai Open 2023.
- 21 Aug 2022First competition: Yoga Summer A 2022. A 17.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo BLD Winter 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Ota BLD Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Autumn AM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Tokyo Autumn 2025 · 23 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Summer PM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo BLD Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Spring AM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Tokai Challenge Gamma 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Blind New Year 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Yoga Summer A 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
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 her.
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as she improves.