People · Japan
Kenshin Asai (浅井謙伸)
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024ASAI01
Kenshin Asai (浅井謙伸) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Kanto Summer PM 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2024, he has put 149 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.00 in May 2024 to 7.70, a 30% improvement. Kenshin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.70 | 9.30 | top 2.3% | 93 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.75 | 4.83 | top 2.8% | 41 / 688 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 4.03 | top 7.6% | 101 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.21 | 16.96 | top 10.7% | 102 / 529 | |
| Skewb | 4.90 | 6.19 | top 17.4% | 89 / 338 | |
| 4×4 | 45.76 | 53.71 | top 19.2% | 191 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.45 | 1:36.53 | top 26.8% | 160 / 420 | |
| Square-1 | 27.11 | 46.16 | top 43.7% | 140 / 245 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Tokai Spring 2025.
- 25 May 2024First competition: Kanazawa 2024. A 11.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Ota Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Kanto Summer PM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 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.
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zirui Wang (王子睿) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.