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Takashi Takaoka (高岡孝)

3×3 · top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017TAKA02

Takashi Takaoka (高岡孝) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.82, set at Tokai Open 2023, puts him in the top 42.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,564th in Japan. Across 40 competitions since January 2017, he has put 269 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 28% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:14.64 in January 2017 to 20.82, a 72% improvement. Takashi has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time
20.82
signature single · Tokai Open 2023
269
official solves on the record
28%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×320.8225.48
top 42.2%1,564 / 3,329
2×26.709.13
top 57.9%697 / 1,021
4×41:56.832:10.96
top 80.2%613 / 667

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

Tribox Open Winter 2017: 1:14.64Yokohama 2017: 42.42Kansai Fall 2017: 51.06Kyushu Open 2017: 47.48TMU Open 2018: 36.20YRCC Open 2018: 39.75Kansai Open 2018: 45.33Tribox Open Spring 2018: 32.04Omiya Bigs 2018: 30.64Kansai Summer 2018: 32.71WCA Asian Championship 2018: 24.80Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 31.08Hiroshima 2018: 35.15Saitama 2018: 39.40Ayase 2019: 28.52Kansai Open 2019: 26.19Tribox Open Spring 2019: 28.46Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 30.48Tokai Open 2019: 31.20Kansai Summer 2019: 27.80Ayase Autumn 2019: 34.30Japan Championship 2019: 27.53Hiroshima Open 2019: 28.17Ayase 2020: 25.24Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 25.04Tokai Winter PM 2021: 25.20Tokyo Challenge Winter B 2023: 25.89Kanazawa Challenge Spring AM 2023: 23.59Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 22.50Tokai Open 2023: 20.82Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023: 27.53Kanazawa 2024: 23.42Katano Milky Way 2024: 27.29Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 23.93Shonan AM 2024: 23.84Kanto Summer PM 2025: 26.87Katano Summer 2025: 26.63Ota Autumn 2025: 26.40Tokyo Winter 2025: 25.4820.821:14.6414 Jan 20177 Dec 2025

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.