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Takashi Kazao (風尾貴司)

3×3 · top 55.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2006 · 2006KAZA01

Takashi Kazao (風尾貴司) has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.15, set at Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007, puts him in the top 55.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,957th in Japan. Across 2 competitions since March 2006, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.70 in March 2006 to 26.15, a 27% improvement. Takashi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 55.1% of 284,439 all-time
26.15
signature single · Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×326.1527.75
top 55.1%1,957 / 3,329
2×210.9122.52
top 81.2%884 / 1,021
3×3 one-handed1:04.581:11.22
top 86.5%497 / 529

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

Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006: 35.70Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2007: 26.1526.1535.705 Mar 200631 Mar 2007

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.