People · Japan
Takumi Yoshida (吉田拓海)
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018YOSH03
Takumi Yoshida (吉田拓海) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Tokyo Challenge Winter A 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Japan. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 221 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.96 in May 2018 to 6.78, a 58% improvement. Takumi has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 6.78 | 8.43 | top 1.1% | 48 / 3,329 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.28 | 3.78 | top 1.7% | 25 / 688 | |
| 2×2 | 1.52 | 2.82 | top 2.2% | 29 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.81 | 15.77 | top 4.1% | 49 / 529 | |
| 4×4 | 33.07 | 36.68 | top 5.0% | 59 / 667 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.08 | 1:18.43 | top 11.0% | 66 / 420 | |
| Skewb | 4.46 | 6.53 | top 14.2% | 71 / 338 | |
| Square-1 | 22.67 | 26.07 | top 34.0% | 118 / 245 | |
| 6×6 | 3:02.71 | 3:19.22 | early days — 3 solves | 108 / 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
- 13 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at León Open 2025.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.08 at Ayase 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.21 at Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018.
- 5 May 2018First competition: Tribox Open Spring 2018. A 15.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- León Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter A 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Autumn A 2022 · 3 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020 · 26 Dec 2020
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yono Summer 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- Tribox Open Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ayase 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 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.
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Sho Ogata (緒方昭) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.