People · Japan
Akito Takei (武井章人)
3×3 blindfolded · top 2.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017TAKE01
Akito Takei (武井章人) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 24.83, set at Kanto Autumn AM 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Japan. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2017, he has put 173 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.07 in January 2017 to 10.95, a 36% improvement. Akito has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 blindfolded | 24.83 | — | top 2.9% | 13 / 282 | |
| 3×3 | 10.95 | 13.21 | top 10.3% | 447 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 50.17 | 57.84 | top 24.9% | 257 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.90 | 1:40.32 | top 25.5% | 147 / 313 | |
| 2×2 | 4.27 | 5.81 | top 30.0% | 378 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 8 of 10 cubes · 46:41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 56 / 128 | |
| Square-1 | 22.38 | 33.90 | top 33.3% | 113 / 245 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.82 | 1:59.77 | top 41.1% | 226 / 420 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.80 | 10.94 | top 51.4% | 450 / 688 | |
| 7×7 | 6:13.46 | 6:26.23 | early days — 3 solves | 147 / 188 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 13:12.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 56 / 81 |
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 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at YRCC Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Circles Open Spring 2017.
- 14 Jan 2017First competition: Tribox Open Winter 2017. A 17.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota BLD Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Kanto Autumn AM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Blind Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Tokyo Challenge BLD I 2023 · 9 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yoga Summer A 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tohoku 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Suginami Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Hirotaka Ito (伊藤大平) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 4.83 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.