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Shota Kawashima (川島奨大)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 14.8% of 12,418 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KAWA14
Shota Kawashima (川島奨大) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 30 moves, set at Tokyo Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events. Shota has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 64 / 205 | |
| 3×3 | 19.30 | 20.82 | top 38.0% | 1,460 / 3,360 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.30 at Tokyo Autumn 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Kanto Autumn PM 2025. A 20.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Autumn PM 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.
- Xuan Liu (刘璇) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shoji Ueda (植田昌司) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.