People · Japan
Takuma Kato (加藤卓真)
3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008KATO02
Takuma Kato (加藤卓真) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.75, set at Ayase 2020, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 553rd in Japan. Across 8 competitions since October 2008, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in October 2008 to 11.75, a 30% improvement. Takuma 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.75 | 15.21 | top 13.0% | 553 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.13 | 14.73 | top 54.0% | 465 / 688 | |
| Skewb | 10.08 | 18.18 | top 55.4% | 245 / 338 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.38 | 47.12 | top 56.1% | 396 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 11.44 | 14.75 | top 82.8% | 906 / 1,021 |
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
- 4 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Sapporo Open 2014.
- 4 Oct 2008First competition: Japan Open 2008. A 19.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016
- Sapporo Open 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Osaka Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2008 · 4 Oct 2008 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.