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Kenji Kawashima (川嶋賢慈)

Pyraminx · top 33.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021KAWA01

Kenji Kawashima (川嶋賢慈) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Tokai Open 2023, puts him in the top 33.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 337th in Japan. Across 11 competitions since December 2021, he has put 118 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Kenji has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 33.6% of 129,321 all-time
7.69
signature single · Tokai Open 2023
118
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Pyraminx7.6915.86
top 33.6%337 / 688
3×320.0422.52
top 40.0%1,496 / 3,329
Clock14.4017.74
top 45.5%162 / 263
3×3 one-handed34.1046.43
top 55.6%391 / 529
5×52:14.522:23.63
top 57.9%297 / 420
4×41:23.481:34.99
top 58.7%506 / 667
Square-135.4850.18
top 59.2%181 / 245
2×27.117.41
top 61.3%725 / 1,021
Megaminx2:32.232:46.48
top 62.2%262 / 313
Skewb13.4516.59
top 72.6%305 / 338
6×65:00.475:08.49
top 81.7%183 / 209
7×77:37.878:06.20
early days — 3 solves165 / 188

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

Tokai Winter PM 2021: 21.50Tokai Open 2023: 23.58Tokai Challenge Beta 2024: 24.34Tokai Open PM 2024: 24.12Tokai Spring 2025: 20.83Tokai Summer 2025: 23.45Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 20.04Tokyo Winter 2025: 21.94Otsu Biwako Winter 2026: 22.2720.0424.3411 Dec 20211 Feb 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.