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Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)

3×3 · top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013TAKA02

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at Kansai Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Japan. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 68 competitions since March 2013, he has put 2,339 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.72 in March 2013 to 5.89, a 74% improvement. Makoto has entered 68 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time
5.89
signature single · Kansai Open 2019
2,339
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×35.898.14
top 0.42%13 / 3,329
Square-15.706.43
top 0.61%1 / 245
4×424.9528.53
top 0.69%6 / 667
5×545.7450.77
top 0.8%5 / 420
2×21.341.88
top 1.5%15 / 1,021
Pyraminx2.273.80
top 1.6%24 / 688
Skewb2.133.72
top 1.7%5 / 338
Megaminx59.351:02.53
top 9.7%71 / 313

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

Kansai Open 2013: 22.72Lake-Biwa Open 2013: 16.53Kansai Star Festival 2013: 17.00East Osaka 2013: 13.91West Japan Big Cube 2013: 13.30JRCA Kansai Winter 2014: 12.88Kansai Open 2014: 10.55JRCA Kansai Spring 2014: 9.71JRCA Kansai Summer 2014: 7.80West Japan Big Cube 2014: 9.86JRCA Kansai Fall 2014: 9.30Kansai Open 2015: 9.50JRCA Kansai Spring 2015: 8.68JRCA Kansai Summer 2015: 8.75JRCA Kansai Fall 2015: 8.91Kansai Open 2016: 8.33JRCA Kansai Spring 2016: 8.08JRCA Kansai Summer 2016: 8.69Kansai Open 2017: 8.62JRCA Kansai Spring 2017: 8.49Kansai Summer 2017: 7.10Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2017: 8.61Kansai Fall 2017: 8.90Kansai Big Cube 2017: 8.11Japan Open 2017: 7.17Kobe Open 2018: 8.60Kansai Open 2018: 7.51Kyoto Open 2018: 6.97Kansai Summer 2018: 8.60Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2018: 7.54WCA Asian Championship 2018: 6.86Hiroshima 2018: 7.88Kansai Big Cube 2018: 8.63Saitama 2018: 7.99JRCA Kansai Winter 2019: 6.81Kansai Open 2019: 5.89Tokai Open 2019: 7.68WCA World Championship 2019: 7.58Nishinomiya Open 2019: 8.26Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019: 6.78Kansai Summer 2019: 7.13Kyoto Open 2019: 7.96Japan Championship 2019: 7.60Hiroshima Open 2019: 7.10Yoga Summer B 2022: 7.52Ayase Autumn B 2022: 7.36Taiwan Championship 2022: 7.69Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 6.71Singapore Championship 2023: 8.31Hiroshima Spring 2023: 7.62Ayase Summer 2023: 8.47Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.04Tokai Open 2023: 7.25Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023: 7.71Kanazawa 2024: 7.50Katano Milky Way 2024: 7.98Tokai Open PM 2024: 7.80Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 8.34Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 7.05Kanto Summer PM 2025: 7.42Katano Summer 2025: 6.23Kansai Mega Day 2025: 7.12Tokyo Winter 2025: 9.15Tokyo Spring 2026: 7.56Kanto Spring 2026: 7.97Japan Championship 2026: 6.875.8922.7223 Mar 201318 Jul 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.