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Koshi Sakamoto (坂本航士)

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SAKA04

Koshi Sakamoto (坂本航士) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.84 in September 2024 to 8.22, a 16% improvement. Koshi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.22
signature single · Katano Summer 2025
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×38.2210.68
top 3.2%133 / 3,329
2×24.275.46
top 30.0%378 / 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

Tokai Open PM 2024: 9.84Katano Summer 2025: 8.228.229.8415 Sep 202415 Sep 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.