People · Japan
Takumi Kondo (近藤匠)
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KOND01
Takumi Kondo (近藤匠) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.20, set at Kanazawa 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 167 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.97 in February 2023 to 7.20, a 48% improvement. Takumi has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.20 | 9.72 | top 1.6% | 72 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 7.04 | top 7.3% | 92 / 688 | |
| 4×4 | 36.77 | 41.83 | top 8.4% | 83 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.18 | 1:09.06 | top 10.7% | 79 / 313 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.84 | 25.02 | top 22.8% | 185 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 6.49 | top 24.1% | 304 / 1,021 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.79 | 1:39.98 | top 29.7% | 179 / 420 | |
| Skewb | 6.62 | 9.64 | top 30.6% | 155 / 338 | |
| Square-1 | 23.68 | 30.91 | top 36.2% | 124 / 245 | |
| 6×6 | 3:26.46 | 3:43.68 | early days — 3 solves | 130 / 209 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Go x Go Kyoto 2023. A 13.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansai Mega Day 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Go x Go Kyoto 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
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.
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yuki Nomura (野村優希) — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.