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Kyle Yamamoto

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016YAMA06

Kyle Yamamoto has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Ohio State Summer Mini 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,545th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since December 2016, he has put 1,345 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.38 in December 2016 to 7.94, a 52% improvement. Kyle has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.94
signature single · Ohio State Summer Mini 2026
1,345
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.9410.07
top 2.7%1,545 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.454.84
top 5.3%1,376 / 28,708
Clock5.816.51
top 6.6%519 / 8,927
2×22.263.18
top 6.7%2,653 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.9019.89
top 12.3%1,604 / 15,683
4×440.8447.89
top 13.1%1,946 / 19,072
Skewb4.376.06
top 13.5%2,097 / 18,907
Megaminx1:15.381:28.43
top 18.9%1,287 / 7,841
7×73:32.743:53.60
top 20.7%587 / 3,184
5×51:22.671:30.35
top 21.3%1,651 / 9,401
6×62:23.122:31.58
top 22.1%779 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves39.33
top 30.0%652 / 2,040
Square-126.9532.30
top 43.4%2,821 / 6,743

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

Shaker Fall 2016: 16.38Dayton Winter 2017: 15.29Bluegrass Spring 2017: 13.54Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 13.97Shaker Spring 2017: 13.48Queen City 2017: 11.81CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.66Howland Winter 2018: 11.48Flag City Spring 2018: 12.45Battle for Toledo 2019: 10.03Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 11.31Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 11.15Ohio State Fall 2024: 10.89Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 10.26Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 10.08Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025: 9.45Northern Kentucky 2025: 10.37Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 10.88Cincinnati Open 2025: 9.99Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 10.75Prebleminxing 2025: 10.40Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 9.07Ohio State Fall 2025: 8.99Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 9.28Ohio Championship 2025: 10.17Ohio State Winter 2026: 9.78Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 9.57Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 9.78Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 10.16Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026: 10.38Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 7.947.9416.3810 Dec 201626 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.