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Kazuya Takahashi (高橋和也)

2×2 · top 35.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019TAKA01

Kazuya Takahashi (高橋和也) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.66, set at Tribox Open Spring 2019, puts him in the top 35.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 437th in Japan. Across 3 competitions since February 2019, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.01 in February 2019 to 22.56, a 49% improvement. Kazuya has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 35.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.66
signature single · Tribox Open Spring 2019
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×24.6611.28
top 35.0%437 / 1,021
3×322.5625.72
top 46.9%1,692 / 3,329

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

Ayase 2019: 44.01Tribox Open Spring 2019: 27.75Tokyo Challenge VII 2023: 22.5622.5644.012 Feb 20194 Nov 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.