People · Japan
Takuya Kira (吉良拓也)
5×5 · top 1.8% of 41,402 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017KIRA03
Takuya Kira (吉良拓也) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 50.00, set at Go x Go Kyoto 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Japan. Until August 2014, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2017, he has put 335 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.25 in July 2017 to 7.98, a 48% improvement. Takuya has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 50.00 | 56.43 | top 1.8% | 14 / 426 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.35 | 4.21 | top 1.9% | 28 / 691 | |
| Megaminx | 43.37 | 46.80 | top 2.5% | 20 / 313 | |
| 3×3 | 7.98 | 9.40 | top 2.8% | 118 / 3,360 | |
| 4×4 | 30.19 | 31.60 | top 3.0% | 39 / 679 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.72 | 15.74 | top 5.7% | 58 / 539 | |
| 6×6 | 1:52.65 | 1:59.21 | top 8.3% | 27 / 209 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 51.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 51 / 285 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 6.65 | top 13.8% | 76 / 354 | |
| Clock | 8.68 | 11.17 | top 18.3% | 67 / 268 | |
| 7×7 | 3:33.54 | 3:40.40 | early days — 3 solves | 54 / 188 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 4.92 | top 25.7% | 320 / 1,026 | |
| Square-1 | 19.55 | 25.50 | top 27.0% | 98 / 251 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hiroshima Winter 2024.
- 12 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 8.15 at Go x Go Kyoto 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.15 at Go x Go Kyoto 2023.
- 16 Jul 2017First competition: Kansai Summer 2017. A 15.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Kanto Spring 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025
- Kansai Parity Party 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Odd and BLD 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Tokai Open PM 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Katano Milky Way 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kanazawa 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hiroshima Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Otsu Biwako Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Tokai Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Hiroshima Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Go x Go Kyoto 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Summer 2017 · 16 Jul 2017
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 59 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 73 people have one; it is 10.00 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.