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Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)

Megaminx · top 0.26% of 34,786 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KAWA02

Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 30.61, set at Korea Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.26% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Japan. Until June 2017, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since April 2022, he has put 919 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.37 in April 2022 to 5.98, a 19% improvement. Takumi has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.26% of 34,786 all-time
30.61
signature single · Korea Open 2026
919
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
Megaminx30.6132.76
top 0.26%2 / 313
3×35.987.30
top 0.47%18 / 3,329
4×423.9929.39
top 0.49%4 / 667
5×545.9653.22
top 0.84%6 / 420
2×21.142.47
top 0.87%6 / 1,021
6×61:34.091:37.89
top 2.6%8 / 209
Pyraminx2.763.95
top 2.9%42 / 688
3×3 one-handed12.2414.43
top 3.3%40 / 529
Skewb2.684.63
top 3.5%14 / 338
7×72:40.772:45.35
top 5.7%15 / 188
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves32.67
top 9.9%47 / 201
Clock6.739.40
top 10.0%42 / 263
Square-114.5519.60
top 15.4%64 / 245
3×3 blindfolded1:22.972:40.55
top 20.7%93 / 282
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 23:22—
early days — 1 solve84 / 128
4×4 blindfolded11:22.00—
early days — 1 solve49 / 81

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

Minatomirai 2022: 7.37Ota Summer 2022: 8.58Yoga Summer B 2022: 7.09Ayase Autumn B 2022: 7.78Tokyo Challenge Winter B 2023: 7.35Tokyo Challenge IV 2023: 6.80Ayase Summer 2023: 6.98Tokyo Challenge VIII 2023: 8.06Shonan PM 2024: 7.06Tokyo Spring AM 2025: 7.81Kanto Spring 2025: 7.31Tokyo Summer 2025: 7.43Kanto Summer PM 2025: 6.97Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 7.64Kansai Mega Day 2025: 7.38Ota Autumn 2025: 6.88Tokyo Winter 2025: 5.98Ota Winter 2026: 6.14Kanto Winter 2026: 6.07Katano Spring 2026: 7.76Tokyo Spring 2026: 6.13Kanto Spring 2026: 8.00Japan Championship 2026: 8.07Kansai Mega Day 2026: 6.71Korea Open 2026: 7.11Kanto Summer 2026: 7.145.988.5829 Apr 202229 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-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.