People · Cambodia
Kotaro Yoshida
3×3 · top 0.49% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023YOSH06
Kotaro Yoshida has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.02, set at Tokai Open PM 2024, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Cambodia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2023, he has put 452 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.21 in November 2023 to 6.02, a 35% improvement. Kotaro has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Cambodia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.02 | 8.16 | top 0.49% | 1 / 88 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.15 | 4.50 | top 4.2% | 1 / 39 | |
| 4×4 | 32.03 | 38.04 | top 4.2% | 1 / 37 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.32 | top 5.8% | 3 / 63 | |
| Megaminx | 55.57 | 58.22 | top 7.7% | 1 / 3 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.93 | 16.90 | top 8.0% | 1 / 31 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.74 | 1:27.49 | top 23.9% | 4 / 4 | |
| Clock | 9.87 | 10.90 | top 24.4% | 1 / 2 | |
| Skewb | 6.10 | 6.88 | top 26.5% | 3 / 22 |
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
- 6 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Coping in July Singapore 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025.
- 27 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bangkok Cube Day Rainy 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Johor Mini 2023. A 12.59 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Johor Mini 2023.
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Johor Mini 2023.
Competitions
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Otsu Biwako Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Otsu Biwako Winter 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Kanto Autumn PM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coping in July Singapore 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open PM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangkok Cube Day Rainy 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangkok Cube Day Summer 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Johor Mini 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Wong Ming Liang (黃泯量) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.