People · Japan
Sota Kawashima (河島奏太)
3×3 · top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025KAWA07
Sota Kawashima (河島奏太) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.16, set at Tokyo Spring 2026, puts him in the top 37.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,429th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since July 2025, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.77 in July 2025 to 19.16, a 64% improvement. Sota has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.16 | 23.47 | top 37.5% | 1,429 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.04 | 33.02 | top 78.0% | 597 / 688 |
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
- 5 Apr 2026First sub-30 3×3: 19.16 at Tokyo Spring 2026.
- 5 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.16 at Tokyo Spring 2026.
- 21 Jul 2025First competition: Tokyo Summer 2025. A 52.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 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.
- Yuichi Hamada (濵田祐一) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shoji Ueda (植田昌司) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.16 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.