People · Japan
Takeshi Yanagita
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018YANA03
Takeshi Yanagita has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in Japan. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2018, he has put 233 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.53 in December 2018 to 10.47, a 28% improvement. Takeshi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.47 | 13.30 | top 8.9% | 384 / 3,329 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.81 | 1:21.69 | top 9.5% | 58 / 420 | |
| 4×4 | 47.65 | 50.42 | top 21.7% | 223 / 667 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.57 | 2:43.85 | top 22.3% | 63 / 209 | |
| 7×7 | 3:48.18 | 4:02.06 | top 26.5% | 62 / 188 | |
| 2×2 | 5.29 | 7.17 | top 42.9% | 535 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.06 | 40.73 | top 49.0% | 368 / 529 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.11 | 13.31 | top 61.3% | 516 / 688 | |
| Megaminx | 3:28.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 292 / 313 |
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
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kansai Odd and BLD 2025.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Southern Utah Fall Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Idaho Megacomp 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Utah Spring Open 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First competition: Utah Snowball Bash 2018. A 14.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Autumn 2025 · 23 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Perfect Vision Provo 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Boise 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Utah Fall Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to School Idaho 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Idaho Megacomp 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Spring Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
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.
- Calvin Nielson — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Bradley Sampson — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 6.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.