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Kenichi Hokama (外間健一)
3×3 · top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HOKA02
Kenichi Hokama (外間健一) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.21, set at Kanto Autumn AM 2025, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 614th in Japan. Across 7 competitions since November 2023, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.11 in November 2023 to 12.21, a 36% improvement. Kenichi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 12.21 | 13.73 | top 14.6% | 614 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 5.39 | 7.42 | top 44.1% | 554 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.99 | 2:41.40 | top 66.2% | 335 / 420 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Hiroshima Winter 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023First competition: Tokyo Challenge VII 2023. A 19.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki Summer 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Kanto Autumn AM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge VII 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
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.
- Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.