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Hugo Tara (太良彪吾)
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023TARA01
Hugo Tara (太良彪吾) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Tokyo Spring PM 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 282nd in Japan. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2023, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.61 in February 2023 to 9.65, a 48% improvement. Hugo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.65 | 10.85 | top 6.5% | 282 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 4.23 | 5.90 | top 29.5% | 370 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.70 | 35.51 | top 43.6% | 338 / 529 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.57 | 11.76 | top 49.6% | 441 / 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
- 20 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Tokyo Spring PM 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.34 at Shonan AM 2024.
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Tokyo Challenge Winter B 2023. A 18.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Spring 2026 · 17 May 2026
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shonan AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Summer 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter B 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.
- Raiden Reynolds (レイノルズ頼傳) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zirui Wang (王子睿) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.