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Kenji Gipson-Nahman

3×3 · top 0.091% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GIPS01

Kenji Gipson-Nahman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.84, set at Chico Spring 2024, puts him in the top 0.091% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 79 competitions since January 2023, he has put 3,125 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.21 in January 2023 to 4.84, a 60% improvement. Kenji has entered 79 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.091% of 284,439 all-time
4.84
signature single · Chico Spring 2024
3,125
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.847.12
top 0.091%56 / 59,724
2×20.872.04
top 0.33%141 / 40,951
4×427.2833.64
top 1.5%253 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.284.28
top 1.7%434 / 28,708
Skewb2.394.44
top 2.5%369 / 18,907
Clock4.154.83
top 2.6%223 / 8,927
Megaminx51.0657.23
top 5.5%401 / 7,841
Square-19.9815.38
top 6.0%444 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed14.6119.25
top 7.3%981 / 15,683
5×51:03.281:09.03
top 7.4%580 / 9,401
6×62:09.622:19.90
top 15.2%543 / 4,196
7×74:01.534:06.57
top 31.3%875 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:55.432:13.89
top 31.9%657 / 2,092

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

Berkeley Winter B 2023: 12.21Berkeley Spring 2023: 11.25SacCubing XIV 2023: 13.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 11.49Claws Up Summer 2023: 9.57CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 8.71Berkeley Summer 2023: 7.20Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 10.73Reno Fall 2023: 9.19SacCubing XV 2023: 8.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 9.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 8.60Davis Fall 2023: 8.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 9.65Reno Mini 2023: 8.13Berkeley Fall 2023: 8.81Claws Up Winter 2023: 8.73Folsom Winter 2023: 7.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 8.04SacCubing XVI 2024: 6.91Berkeley Winter 2024: 8.73Davis Winter 2024: 8.50Reno Spring 2024: 8.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 8.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 8.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 8.98Chico Spring 2024: 4.84Berkeley Spring 2024: 9.20Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 7.65Reno Mini Spring 2024: 7.51Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 6.85SacCubing XVII 2024: 7.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 6.90Reno Summer 2024: 8.07Berkeley Summer 2024: 7.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 7.52Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.26CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 8.02Davis Summer 2024: 7.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.35SacCubing XVIII 2024: 8.19Reno Mini Summer 2024: 7.33Redding Fall 2024: 7.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 7.04Berkeley Fall 2024: 7.63Davis Fall 2024: 7.63Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 6.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 7.95Reno Fall 2024: 7.54Rocklin Winter 2024: 6.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 7.43SacCubing XIX 2025: 7.44Davis Weeknight February 2025: 7.64Berkeley Winter 2025: 7.85Reno Mini Winter 2025: 7.93Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 5.32Berkeley Spring 2025: 7.64Yuba City Spring 2025: 8.44Santa Rosa Spring 2025: 7.72Davis Spring 2025: 8.06Nevada Championship 2025: 7.25Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 7.60SacCubing XX 2025: 6.37Belmont Spring 2025: 7.07SacMini 2025: 6.49Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.16Reno Summer 2025: 7.74West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 5.66Benicia Open 2025: 8.29San Ramon Fall 2025: 7.77Davis Fall 2025: 7.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025: 6.31SacCubing XXII 2026: 7.714.8413.2622 Jan 202318 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.