People · Japan
Kenshin Watanabe (渡邉健真)
3×3 · top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025WATA05
Kenshin Watanabe (渡邉健真) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.58, set at Kanto Autumn PM 2025, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 530th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.16 in April 2025 to 11.58, a 28% improvement. Kenshin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 11.58 | 15.23 | top 12.4% | 530 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 6.67 | top 41.3% | 510 / 1,021 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.58 at Kanto Autumn PM 2025.
- 20 Apr 2025First competition: Tokyo Spring PM 2025. A 16.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Kanto Autumn PM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
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.
- Kiyoaki Kadoi (門井聖明) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kazuhiko Kusano (草野一彦) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tomoki Iwanami (岩波知希) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.