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Yuki Takahashi
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022TAKA03
Yuki Takahashi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Bucharest Cubing A 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Japan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 131 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.97 in July 2022 to 7.96, a 43% improvement. Yuki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.96 | 9.99 | top 2.7% | 116 / 3,329 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.66 | top 4.0% | 51 / 1,021 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 8.91 | top 10.5% | 123 / 688 | |
| 4×4 | 51.09 | 56.87 | top 26.0% | 263 / 667 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Bucharest Cubing A 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing A 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022. A 16.00 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022.
Competitions
- Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing A 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 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.
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Serban Stelian — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.