People · Japan
Shin Kawano (河野伸)
3×3 blindfolded · top 38.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KAWA13
Shin Kawano (河野伸) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 2:14.64, set at Shimonoseki Summer 2026, puts him in the top 38.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 154th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 3 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 3:17.44 in December 2025 to 2:14.64, a 32% improvement. Shin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:14.64 | — | early days — 3 solves | 154 / 282 |
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 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Kanto Autumn AM 2025.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki Summer 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Kanto Autumn AM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
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.
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 14.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.