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Takeshi Matsuo
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MATS06
Takeshi Matsuo has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.19, set at Stevenage May 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2025, he has put 263 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.40 in June 2025 to 9.83, a 36% improvement. Takeshi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.19 | 4.41 | top 4.3% | 59 / 688 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 5.19 | top 4.4% | 55 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 9.83 | 11.99 | top 7.0% | 304 / 3,329 | |
| 4×4 | 49.81 | 55.37 | top 24.5% | 254 / 667 | |
| Skewb | 5.87 | 9.33 | top 24.8% | 126 / 338 | |
| Clock | 10.15 | 11.83 | top 25.8% | 90 / 263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.06 | 28.07 | top 26.2% | 212 / 529 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.05 | — | top 46.9% | 224 / 313 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 309 / 420 | |
| Square-1 | 1:21.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 239 / 245 |
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
- 9 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Stevenage May 2026.
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.77 at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 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.
- Akash Jain (ジェン明志) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Stringer — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.