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Naoki Sopelana Koguchi

3×3 · top 26.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025KOGU01

Naoki Sopelana Koguchi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.66, set at Vigo Open 2026, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,112th in Spain. Across 5 competitions since July 2025, he has put 134 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.13 in July 2025 to 15.66, a 38% improvement. Naoki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.66
signature single · Vigo Open 2026
134
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×315.6621.52
top 26.7%1,112 / 5,141
2×24.645.89
top 34.7%1,268 / 3,845
Skewb8.309.59
top 43.5%817 / 1,685
Clock14.56
early days — 3 solves388 / 876
Pyraminx10.2912.81
top 55.3%1,535 / 2,865
4×41:26.021:41.94
top 60.7%949 / 1,762

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

Vigo Open 2025: 25.13CCM Winter Open 2025: 18.52Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 19.71Camino de Santiago Open 2026: 20.05Vigo Open 2026: 15.6615.6625.1319 Jul 202511 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.