In the past year (2025), Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登) competed in 7 competitions and 27 rounds across 4 events, from May 10th to Dec 14th.
Records
He broke 1 record, which was a NR.
| Event | Single | Average | Competition | Round | Detail |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded |
| | | NR 2:37.75 | Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 | Final | 2:37.83 2:30.38 2:45.05 |
Podiums
He has been on the podium 13 times across 3 events, including 5 golds, 6 silvers, and 2 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 2 | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 71 solves and completed 47.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 27 | 33 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 8 | 8 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 7 | 15 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 5 | 15 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 8 times across 3 events, including 5 singles and 3 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 6:14.06 | 4:51.25 | 1:22.81 (28.43%) |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 27.56 | 25.88 | 1.68 (6.49%) |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 2:18.40 | 2:14.74 | 3.66 (2.72%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 35.27 | 31.36 | 3.91 (12.47%) |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | - | 2:37.75 | - |
Cubers
He met 378 cubers from 19 countries/regions, 83 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 295 |
| 2 | 48 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 |
| All | 378 |
Regions
He competed in 3 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| Japan | 5 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
Cities
In China, he visited 1 city while competing.
