People · Japan
Taiki Nakatani (中谷太紀)
3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025NAKA06
Taiki Nakatani (中谷太紀) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.97, set at Shimonoseki 2025, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 452nd in Japan. Across 8 competitions since April 2025, he has put 102 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in April 2025 to 10.97, a 21% improvement. Taiki has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.97 | 12.14 | top 10.4% | 452 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 42.86 | 50.79 | top 15.6% | 157 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.57 | 1:23.50 | top 18.4% | 122 / 313 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.39 | 25.30 | top 18.9% | 161 / 529 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 76 / 201 | |
| 2×2 | 4.06 | 4.47 | top 27.3% | 336 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.66 | 1:42.74 | top 29.5% | 177 / 420 | |
| Square-1 | 20.80 | 25.92 | top 29.8% | 104 / 245 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.23 | 3:08.40 | early days — 3 solves | 95 / 209 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:21.68 | — | early days — 3 solves | 160 / 282 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.92 | 13.03 | top 52.4% | 456 / 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
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Tokai Spring 2025. A 13.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Tokai Summer 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokai Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
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.
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.