People · Japan
Kenta Ikeda (池田賢太)
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025IKED01
Kenta Ikeda (池田賢太) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Kansai Mega Day 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 324th in Japan. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.12 in July 2025 to 9.93, a 24% improvement. Kenta has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.93 | 12.14 | top 7.3% | 324 / 3,360 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.35 | 1:07.97 | top 10.3% | 75 / 313 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 55.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 59 / 285 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 5.46 | top 11.9% | 147 / 691 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 8.71 | top 14.5% | 192 / 1,026 | |
| Skewb | 5.23 | 6.00 | top 20.0% | 111 / 354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.61 | 26.80 | top 30.5% | 254 / 539 | |
| 4×4 | 57.70 | 1:02.08 | top 34.1% | 346 / 679 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 8 of 12 cubes · 55:23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 78 / 128 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Kansai Mega Day 2026.
- 15 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Katano Summer 2025.
- 21 Jul 2025First competition: Tokyo Summer 2025. A 13.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Mega Day 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo BLD Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo BLD Spring 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 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.
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.