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Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) vs Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)

Two careers, 282 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.

Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) (Japan) and Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) (Japan) have met in 282 rounds across 104 competitions since 2006. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) leads Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平): 158 finishes in front to 120 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) holds the faster single in 12, Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventSinpei Araki (荒木慎平) singleaverageTakayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) singleaverage
3×37.9411.188.4910.48
2×21.622.262.104.43
4×439.4349.1434.9041.29
5×51:16.561:28.5656.131:07.18
6×62:57.713:05.321:57.862:08.69
7×78:31.788:44.832:52.482:58.74
3×3 blindfolded1:28.753:20.0257.881:15.09
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves44.3327 moves32.33
3×3 one-handed15.7618.2924.9126.53
Clock16.4319.0415.3318.56
Megaminx2:02.972:24.2546.5052.73
Pyraminx3.855.372.223.41
Skewb7.5610.496.638.07
Square-113.3216.4816.9222.72
4×4 blindfolded24:19.006:36.1017:26.00
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:126 of 7 cubes · 54:27

Year by year

every meeting, 282 rounds in all
20062026busiest year: 67 meetings2006: 102007: 152008: 62009: 62010: 22011: 152012: 672013: 262014: 342015: 192016: 212017: 132018: 172019: 122023: 42024: 12025: 62026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundSinpei Araki (荒木慎平)Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)ahead
2026Japan Championship 20262×2First round4.705.37Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2026Japan Championship 20263×3First round12.5412.85Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2026Katano Spring 20263×3First round12.5313.23Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2026Katano Spring 20263×3 one-handedFirst round19.9432.92Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2026Katano Spring 20265×5First round1:31.581:07.18Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
2026Katano Spring 20266×6First round3:05.322:16.43Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
2026Otsu Biwako Winter 20263×3First round12.9911.67Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
2026Otsu Biwako Winter 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.1430.59Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2025Tokai Big Cubes 20255×5First round1:28.561:11.55Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
2025Tokai Summer 20253×3Final12.1212.83Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2025Tokai Summer 20255×5Final1:49.601:12.75Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
2025Kansai Odd and BLD 20253×3Second round11.6013.31Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
2025Kansai Odd and BLD 20253×3First round12.8112.68Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
2025Tokai Spring 20253×3First round15.1212.62Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)

Full careers: Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) · Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之). 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.