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Kengo James Fukuoka (福岡謙悟)

Skewb · top 1.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023FUKU01

Kengo James Fukuoka (福岡謙悟) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Hanoi Side Events 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Japan. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since March 2023, he has put 732 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 6.82 in March 2023 to 2.20, a 68% improvement. Kengo has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.9% of 73,281 all-time
2.20
signature single · Hanoi Side Events 2024
732
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Skewb2.204.53
top 1.9%7 / 338
Pyraminx3.805.47
top 6.7%84 / 688
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.33
top 8.0%40 / 201
3×311.2413.14
top 11.2%485 / 3,329
5×51:09.511:14.62
top 11.3%70 / 420
4×440.4844.68
top 12.7%128 / 667
7×73:10.393:19.67
top 13.4%33 / 188
Megaminx1:08.981:16.61
top 15.0%102 / 313
6×62:10.112:14.72
top 15.4%50 / 209
2×23.534.36
top 20.6%252 / 1,021
3×3 one-handed21.3125.38
top 24.1%195 / 529
Clock12.1313.57
top 35.6%132 / 263
Square-128.8846.59
top 47.3%148 / 245
3×3 blindfolded3:39.485:40.17
top 63.3%220 / 282

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 6.82Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 5.54Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 5.64Hanoi Side Events 2024: 2.20Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 5.47Bangkok Cube Day Summer 2024: 4.32Philippine Championship 2024: 2.85UTP Cube Open 2024: 5.09Nepali Nationals 2025: 3.52Tokai Spring 2025: 4.77Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025: 4.66Vietnam Championship 2025: 4.84Dream in Chiang Mai 2026: 3.99Guangzhou Special 2026: 5.342.206.824 Mar 202319 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.