People · Japan
Keito Kawamoto (河本啓杜)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024KAWA05
Keito Kawamoto (河本啓杜) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.42, set at Kansai Mega Day 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2024, he has put 160 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.58 in July 2024 to 7.42, a 23% improvement. Keito has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.42 | 9.18 | top 1.9% | 82 / 3,360 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.31 | 19.46 | top 13.4% | 123 / 539 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.83 | 1:17.18 | top 17.3% | 116 / 313 | |
| 4×4 | 44.41 | 47.56 | top 17.6% | 182 / 679 | |
| Skewb | 5.90 | 6.69 | top 25.1% | 138 / 354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 9.88 | top 29.2% | 305 / 691 | |
| 2×2 | 4.34 | 5.07 | top 30.9% | 391 / 1,026 |
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 Jul 2024First competition: Katano Milky Way 2024. A 9.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Mega Day 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 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.
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 2.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.