People · Japan
Kosei Takaoka (高岡洸成)
3×3 · top 59.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015TAKA07
Kosei Takaoka (高岡洸成) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.10, set at Saitama 2018, puts him in the top 59.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,063rd in Japan. Across 26 competitions since November 2015, he has put 169 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.91 in November 2015 to 28.10, a 57% improvement. Kosei has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 28.10 | 32.46 | top 59.0% | 2,063 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 7.48 | 12.35 | top 64.1% | 741 / 1,021 |
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
- 11 Nov 2018First sub-30 3×3: 28.10 at Saitama 2018.
- 7 Feb 2016First sub-60 3×3: 54.90 at JRCA Kansai Winter 2016.
- 23 Nov 2015First competition: UT Open 2015. A 1:05.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018
- Kansai Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018
- Kansai Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- TMU Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
- Japan Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Suginami Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017
- Kansai Fall 2017 · 24 Sep 2017
- Yokohama 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017
- Meguro 2017 · 5 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tohoku Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- Kansai Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tribox Open Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tachikawa Open 2016 · 4 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Summer 2016 · 24 Jul 2016
- Kawasaki Spring 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Spring 2016 · 27 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Open 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- JRCA Kansai Winter 2016 · 7 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015
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.
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.10 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.