People · Japan
Kenta Kabasawa (椛沢憲太)
Pyraminx · top 5.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014KABA01
Kenta Kabasawa (椛沢憲太) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.60, set at Tohoku Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2014, he has put 440 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in November 2014 to 10.91, a 42% improvement. Kenta has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.60 | 5.39 | top 5.9% | 76 / 688 | |
| 3×3 | 10.91 | 12.99 | top 10.2% | 442 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 40.92 | 50.64 | top 13.2% | 137 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.81 | 1:17.92 | top 13.2% | 94 / 313 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 7.12 | top 15.5% | 202 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.37 | 2:05.68 | top 43.5% | 239 / 420 | |
| Skewb | 8.97 | 11.00 | top 48.2% | 214 / 338 |
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
- 8 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.68 at Kawasaki Spring 2016.
- 23 Nov 2014First competition: UT Open 2014. A 18.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hiroshima Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Summer 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Hiroshima Open 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- Kansai Summer 2019 · 1 Sep 2019
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- Nishinomiya Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Tokai Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
- Hiroshima 2018 · 7 Oct 2018
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- TMU Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yokohama 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tohoku Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanto Spring 2016 · 27 Mar 2016
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014
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.
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.