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Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) vs Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)

Two careers, 178 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) (Japan) and Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) (Japan) have met in 178 rounds across 35 competitions since 2013. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) leads Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠): 139 finishes in front to 39.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 8 shared events, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) holds the faster single in 4, Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventSei Sugama (洲鎌星) singleaverageMakoto Takaoka (高岡誠) singleaverage
3×34.807.385.898.14
2×21.542.691.341.88
4×423.5627.9424.9528.53
5×543.3452.4345.7450.77
Megaminx50.9854.1759.351:02.53
Pyraminx4.415.812.273.80
Skewb3.226.482.133.72
Square-114.3124.755.706.43

Year by year

every meeting, 178 rounds in all
20132025busiest year: 60 meetings2013: 102014: 212015: 172016: 72017: 142018: 302019: 602022: 82023: 42025: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundSei Sugama (洲鎌星)Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)ahead
2025Tokyo Winter 20253×3First round8.5310.04Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2025Tokyo Winter 20254×4First round29.5533.34Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2025Tokyo Winter 20254×4Final28.9430.72Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2025Kanto Summer PM 20253×3Final7.388.72Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2025Kanto Summer PM 20253×3First round8.639.76Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2025Kanto Summer PM 20255×5First round58.4355.30Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
2025Kanto Summer PM 20255×5Final54.8953.64Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
2023Go x Go Kyoto 20233×3Final8.138.56Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2023Go x Go Kyoto 20233×3First round8.679.14Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2023Go x Go Kyoto 20235×5First round57.5555.25Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
2023Go x Go Kyoto 20235×5Final53.0156.36Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2022Ayase Autumn B 20223×3First round7.948.74Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2022Ayase Autumn B 20223×3Second round8.778.94Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
2022Ayase Autumn B 20223×3Final9.908.27Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)

Full careers: Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) · Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠). A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.