People · Japan
Taiga Araki (荒木汰我)
3×3 · top 16.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ARAK02
Taiga Araki (荒木汰我) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.60, set at Tokyo Challenge VII 2023, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 668th in Japan. Across 6 competitions since February 2023, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two 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 20.54 in February 2023 to 12.60, a 39% improvement. Taiga 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 | 12.60 | 13.56 | top 16.0% | 668 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.03 | 11.17 | top 53.2% | 459 / 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
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 12.60 at Tokyo Challenge VII 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.60 at Tokyo Challenge VII 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Tokyo Challenge Winter A 2023. A 20.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Tokyo Challenge VII 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge IV 2023 · 9 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter A 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.
- Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shoji Ueda (植田昌司) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.