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Taku Kaitani (櫂谷卓)
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012KAIT01
Taku Kaitani (櫂谷卓) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at Japan Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in Japan. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2012, he has put 180 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.69 in May 2012 to 9.80, a 45% improvement. Taku has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.80 | 12.17 | top 6.9% | 303 / 3,329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.11 | 39.11 | top 31.8% | 258 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 5.02 | 7.02 | top 39.6% | 487 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.16 | 1:15.90 | top 49.0% | 448 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Japan Open 2015.
- 12 Aug 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Kanto Open 2012.
- 4 May 2012First competition: Rabbit and Turtle 2012. A 17.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020 · 26 Dec 2020
- UT Open 2015 · 23 Nov 2015
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015 · 21 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Summer 2015 · 12 Jul 2015
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- UT Open 2014 · 23 Nov 2014
- Japan Contest Autumn 2014 · 13 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Rabbit And Turtle 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Winter 2012 · 22 Dec 2012
- UT Open 2012 · 25 Nov 2012
- Japan Contest 2012 · 4 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2012 · 16 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2012 · 17 Aug 2012
- Kanto Open 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Kawasaki Open 2012 · 3 Jun 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Rabbit and Turtle 2012 · 4 May 2012
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.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.