People · Japan
Yoshito Nishikawa (西川嘉人)
4×4 · top 4.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025NISH01
Yoshito Nishikawa (西川嘉人) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.98, set at Japan Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Japan. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2025, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in April 2025 to 10.18, a 13% improvement. Yoshito has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.98 | 41.02 | top 4.9% | 58 / 667 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.88 | 2:08.93 | top 7.9% | 24 / 209 | |
| 3×3 | 10.18 | 11.07 | top 8.0% | 343 / 3,329 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.86 | 1:09.30 | top 9.6% | 59 / 420 | |
| 7×7 | 2:58.50 | 3:06.05 | top 10.2% | 29 / 188 | |
| Clock | 11.00 | 13.83 | top 30.1% | 112 / 263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.23 | 26.35 | top 32.1% | 262 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 5.87 | top 33.2% | 417 / 1,021 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Japan Championship 2026.
- 14 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tokai Big Cubes 2025.
- 20 Mar 2025First competition: Ota Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Tokyo Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Big Cubes 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Autumn 2025 · 23 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Ota Spring 2025 · 20 Mar 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.
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 336 people have one; it is 21.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.