People · Japan
Yuki Kanemoto (金本悠生)
3×3 · top 7.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KANE01
Yuki Kanemoto (金本悠生) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Tokyo Spring AM 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 331st in Japan. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2023, he has put 86 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.17 in February 2023 to 9.98, an 11% improvement. Yuki has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.98 | 11.94 | top 7.4% | 331 / 3,360 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 49.28 | 53.33 | top 9.7% | 48 / 285 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.27 | 9.72 | top 22.0% | 234 / 691 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.26 | 34.22 | top 26.8% | 218 / 539 | |
| 4×4 | 57.24 | 1:05.62 | top 33.5% | 343 / 679 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 9 cubes · 57:29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 68 / 128 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 345 / 426 |
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
- 20 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Tokyo Spring AM 2025.
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Go x Go Kyoto 2023. A 11.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring AM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Open AM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Blind New Year 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Go x Go Kyoto 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
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.
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 839 people have one; it is 9.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.