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Takayuki Matsumoto (松本孝之)

Pyraminx · top 28.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008MATS04

Takayuki Matsumoto (松本孝之) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Japan Open 2010, puts him in the top 28.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 294th in Japan. Across 64 competitions since August 2008, he has put 616 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.30 in August 2008 to 18.55, a 54% improvement. Takayuki has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 28.3% of 129,321 all-time
7.05
signature single · Japan Open 2010
616
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Pyraminx7.0516.11
top 28.3%294 / 688
3×318.5522.57
top 35.8%1,374 / 3,329
2×24.757.17
top 36.1%448 / 1,021
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves47.00
top 48.3%127 / 201
3×3 blindfolded2:52.70—
top 50.4%193 / 282
4×41:18.781:37.58
top 54.9%486 / 667
5×53:14.563:24.85
top 82.5%379 / 420

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

Tokyo Open 2008: 40.30Japan Open 2008: 34.93Kanazawa Open 2008: 39.38Osaka Open 2009: 37.66JRCA Kanto Summer 2009: 35.58Japan Open 2009: 31.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 30.94Japan Open 2010: 23.47Kawasaki Open 2010: 29.6930th Anniversary MegaHouse Cup 2010: 26.11Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2010: 20.50Matsudo Open 2010: 25.69Ishikawa Gokoku Shinto Shrine Open 2010: 29.02Osaka 2011: 21.00Matsudo Spring 2011: 22.83West Japan Big Cubes 2011: 20.90Japan Open 2011: 26.08World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 19.69Matsudo Autumn 2011: 24.00UT Open 2011: 25.31Tsukuba 2012: 21.77Kansai Open 2012: 21.13Matsudo Spring 2012: 19.41Rabbit and Turtle 2012: 19.66Kyotanabe Open 2012: 22.63Kawasaki Open 2012: 20.09Kanto Open 2012: 18.86Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012: 24.88Japan Open 2012: 21.88East Osaka 2012: 20.34Japan Contest 2012: 19.90UT Open 2012: 20.96Kanto Winter 2012: 24.43Rabbit And Turtle 2013: 21.22Japan Contest Spring 2013: 22.61Japan Open 2013: 21.28Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2013: 18.55UT Open 2013: 20.50Hokuriku Eve Open 2013: 20.84Kanto Open 2014: 19.94Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014: 23.61Asian Championship 2014: 22.94Tachikawa 3x3 Fest 2014: 22.43JRCA Kansai Winter 2015: 20.11Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015: 20.41Tohoku Open 2015: 21.15Japan Open 2015: 21.59Kawasaki Spring 2016: 21.02Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016: 19.91Tribox Open Winter 2017: 23.39Tohoku Open 2017: 20.99Meguro 2017: 20.49Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2017: 22.17Tohoku 2018: 22.71Kansai Big Cube 2018: 22.77Japan Championship 2018: 18.58Japan Championship 2019: 21.3018.5540.302 Aug 20082 Nov 2019

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.