People · Japan
Kei Kishimoto (岸本敬)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018KISH02
Kei Kishimoto (岸本敬) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Japan Championship 2018, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2018, he has put 104 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.67 in February 2018 to 8.07, a 24% improvement. Kei 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 | 8.07 | 10.70 | top 2.9% | 125 / 3,360 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.26 | top 17.9% | 229 / 1,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.74 | 7.72 | top 18.1% | 203 / 691 | |
| 4×4 | 45.44 | 47.97 | top 18.9% | 196 / 679 | |
| Skewb | 6.87 | 9.48 | top 32.7% | 178 / 354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.67 | 27.12 | top 33.4% | 275 / 539 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 317 / 426 |
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
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tokai Open 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Kansai Summer 2018.
- 25 Feb 2018First competition: Kobe Open 2018. A 10.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokai Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kobe Open 2018 · 25 Feb 2018 — 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.
- Amey Gaba — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.