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Naoto Komoto (河本七音)

3×3 one-handed · top 2.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024KOMO01

Naoto Komoto (河本七音) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.70, set at Katano Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Japan. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2024, he has put 49 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.55 in July 2024 to 8.07, a 36% improvement. Naoto has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.6% of 73,695 all-time
11.70
signature single · Katano Spring 2026
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 one-handed11.7014.15
top 2.6%26 / 529
3×38.079.47
top 2.9%125 / 3,329

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

Katano Milky Way 2024: 12.55Tokai Open AM 2024: 9.60Tokai Summer 2025: 9.94Katano Summer 2025: 8.13Katano Spring 2026: 8.078.0712.557 Jul 202421 Mar 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.