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Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)

3×3 one-handed · top 2.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014TANA01

Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.60, set at Katano Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Japan. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 96 competitions since July 2014, he has put 1,997 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.59 in July 2014 to 8.00, a 45% improvement. Takayuki has entered 96 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.5% of 73,695 all-time
11.60
signature single · Katano Spring 2026
1,997
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
3×3 one-handed11.6016.28
top 2.5%25 / 529
3×38.009.37
top 2.8%120 / 3,329
4×431.0234.69
top 3.5%45 / 667
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves29.67
top 4.0%25 / 201
5×559.151:06.45
top 5.1%40 / 420
Square-110.2512.33
top 6.5%21 / 245
Pyraminx3.996.50
top 7.6%94 / 688
2×22.373.43
top 7.7%102 / 1,021
Megaminx56.381:02.09
top 8.1%66 / 313
6×61:56.232:01.54
top 9.6%29 / 209
7×72:56.563:11.09
top 9.6%27 / 188
3×3 blindfolded49.581:11.83
top 9.8%50 / 282
3×3 Multi-Blind15 of 17 cubes · 57:14—
top 11.3%18 / 128
Skewb4.775.60
top 16.4%80 / 338
Clock9.2210.73
top 21.1%75 / 263
4×4 blindfolded5:23.465:49.91
top 24.8%23 / 81
5×5 blindfolded12:38.0020:38.00
top 31.2%19 / 50

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

JRCA Kansai Summer 2014: 14.59Kansai Open 2015: 14.30JRCA Kansai Summer 2015: 13.56Kansai Open 2016: 11.52JRCA Kansai Spring 2016: 11.00JRCA Kansai Summer 2016: 11.52Kansai Small Cubes 2016: 12.07JRCA Kansai Winter 2017: 9.66Kansai Open 2017: 10.28JRCA Kansai Spring 2017: 10.62Kansai Summer 2017: 11.58Kansai Fall 2017: 8.58Kansai Big Cube 2017: 11.15Japan Open 2017: 11.15Kobe Open 2018: 11.23Kansai Open 2018: 11.09Kyoto Open 2018: 10.61Kansai Summer 2018: 10.25Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2018: 10.75Hiroshima 2018: 11.33Kansai Big Cube 2018: 11.11Japan Championship 2018: 9.39JRCA Kansai Winter 2019: 10.86Kansai Open 2019: 10.55Tribox Open Spring 2019: 9.65Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 10.23Tokai Open 2019: 9.49WCA World Championship 2019: 10.12Nishinomiya Open 2019: 11.14Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2019: 8.66Kansai Summer 2019: 8.89Kyoto Open 2019: 8.83Japan Championship 2019: 9.81Hiroshima Open 2019: 11.03Kanazawa Open 2020: 9.85Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 10.52Tokai Winter PM 2021: 9.71Minatomirai 2022: 10.08Yoga Summer B 2022: 9.73Ayase Autumn B 2022: 9.24Go x Go Kyoto 2023: 8.94Hiroshima Spring 2023: 11.20Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023: 9.56Ayase Summer 2023: 8.92Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.17Tokai Open 2023: 8.05Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023: 8.52Hiroshima Winter 2024: 8.47Kanazawa 2024: 9.70Katano Milky Way 2024: 9.98Tokai Open PM 2024: 8.36Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.77Taiwan Championship 2024: 8.50Tokai Spring 2025: 9.24Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 9.15Tokyo Summer 2025: 9.54Tokai Summer 2025: 9.47Kanto Summer PM 2025: 10.60Katano Summer 2025: 8.65Kansai Mega Day 2025: 9.59Tokyo Winter 2025: 8.00Ota Winter 2026: 8.46Otsu Biwako Winter 2026: 9.22Kanto Winter 2026: 9.44Katano Spring 2026: 9.42Tokyo Spring 2026: 8.20Otsu Biwako Spring 2026: 9.03Kanto Spring 2026: 9.84Hiroshima Spring 2026: 9.24Japan Championship 2026: 8.28Kansai Mega Day 2026: 8.80Shimonoseki Summer 2026: 9.75Kanto Summer 2026: 9.448.0014.5920 Jul 201429 Aug 2026

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.