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Marcelo Makoto Araki Takechi

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015TAKE04

Marcelo Makoto Araki Takechi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Brasília Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 428th in Brazil. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2015, he has put 55 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.25 in October 2015 to 10.39, a 46% improvement. Marcelo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.39
signature single · Brasília Autumn 2022
55
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×310.3913.22
top 8.6%428 / 9,644

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

Brasilia Spring 2015: 19.25Brasília Open 2016: 20.30Brasília Autumn 2022: 10.39Saideira Brasília 2023: 13.66Brasília Bigs & Blind 2024: 11.1810.3920.3024 Oct 20153 Feb 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.