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Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径)
Megaminx · top 0.38% of 34,786 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023TAKA02
Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 31.89, set at Japan Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Japan. Until May 2017, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since February 2023, he has put 607 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.75 in February 2023 to 6.37, a 50% improvement. Wataru has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 31.89 | 33.62 | top 0.38% | 3 / 313 | |
| 3×3 | 6.37 | 7.26 | top 0.74% | 33 / 3,329 | |
| Clock | 3.01 | 4.19 | top 0.76% | 2 / 263 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.25 | 2.62 | top 1.6% | 22 / 688 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.97 | 13.02 | top 1.8% | 17 / 529 | |
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 1.85 | top 2.0% | 23 / 1,021 | |
| 4×4 | 29.80 | 34.44 | top 2.7% | 35 / 667 | |
| Skewb | 3.44 | 4.80 | top 7.3% | 38 / 338 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.21 | 1:19.00 | top 12.5% | 76 / 420 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Japan Championship 2026.
- 2 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kansai Mega Day 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025.
- 21 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Tokyo Summer 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.04 at Shonan PM 2024.
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: Tokyo Challenge Winter A 2023. A 12.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Kanto Spring 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Ota Winter 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Ota Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kansai Mega Day 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kanto Autumn PM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Autumn 2025 · 23 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Summer AM 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ota Spring 2025 · 20 Mar 2025
- Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokai Challenge Gamma 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Blind New Year 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Tokyo Challenge VIII 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ayase Summer 2023 · 17 Jul 2023
- Tokyo Challenge IV 2023 · 9 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Challenge Winter A 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.
- Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.