People · Canada
Yuji Takatsu
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022TAKA07
Yuji Takatsu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.76, set at Western Ontario Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2022, he has put 283 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.21 in September 2022 to 7.76, a 31% improvement. Yuji 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.76 | 10.18 | top 2.4% | 238 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.02 | top 12.1% | 803 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 8.25 | top 13.8% | 541 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.44 | 24.17 | top 19.0% | 407 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 51.50 | 1:05.14 | top 26.5% | 682 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 13.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 376 / 1,029 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 13.26 | top 43.9% | 1,140 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.58 | 2:07.83 | top 46.4% | 601 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 28.94 | 49.54 | top 47.4% | 410 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.51 | — | top 56.6% | 654 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 4:18.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 417 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 7:20.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 398 / 503 |
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
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Waterloo Spring 2026.
- 19 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Pickering B 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Richmond Hill 2022. A 11.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brampton Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Waterloo Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Western Ontario Winter 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guelph 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.