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Takuto Yamana (山名琢翔)

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018YAMA04

Takuto Yamana (山名琢翔) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Hiroshima Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, he has put 122 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.48 in May 2018 to 9.46, a 24% improvement. Takuto has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.92
signature single · Hiroshima Open 2019
122
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJapan
2×21.922.93
top 4.2%53 / 1,021
3×39.4610.68
top 6.0%253 / 3,329
Pyraminx4.625.56
top 10.9%127 / 688
Skewb4.546.10
top 14.8%73 / 338
4×453.4156.18
top 28.9%286 / 667
3×3 blindfolded2:04.32
early days — 2 solves144 / 282

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

Tribox Open Spring 2018: 12.48Tribox Open Spring 2019: 12.80Reiwa Anniversary 2019: 12.20Japan Championship 2019: 10.92Hiroshima Open 2019: 9.46Welcome Back Ayase Winter 2020: 10.34Minatomirai 2022: 9.52Yoga Summer B 2022: 10.089.4612.805 May 201828 Aug 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.