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Takumi Kato (加藤匠) vs Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)

Two careers, 161 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.

Takumi Kato (加藤匠) (Japan) and Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) (Japan) have met in 161 rounds across 32 competitions since 2024. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) leads Takumi Kato (加藤匠): 110 finishes in front to 49 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) holds the faster single in 7, Takumi Kato (加藤匠) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTakumi Kato (加藤匠) singleaverageKantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) singleaverage
3×36.618.284.876.24
2×22.203.131.702.47
4×427.9335.2029.3533.75
5×51:00.441:05.401:01.521:05.59
6×61:57.562:12.132:21.472:36.70
7×73:14.023:24.014:07.644:19.22
3×3 one-handed7.249.688.6011.45
Clock7.288.576.197.41
Megaminx59.651:02.7542.9147.05
Pyraminx3.343.752.703.51
Skewb3.296.032.573.57
Square-117.1422.5110.8111.89

Year by year

every meeting, 161 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 79 meetings2024: 162025: 662026: 79

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTakumi Kato (加藤匠)Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)ahead
2026Tokyo Autumn 20263×3Final7.326.70Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Tokyo Autumn 20263×3First round8.737.45Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Tokyo Autumn 20263×3 one-handedFinal10.3811.63Takumi Kato (加藤匠)
2026Tokyo Autumn 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.0412.17Takumi Kato (加藤匠)
2026Tokai Autumn 20263×3First round9.206.80Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Tokai Autumn 20263×3Final8.366.24Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Tokai Autumn 20264×4Final38.0233.75Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Tokai Autumn 20265×5First round1:14.531:16.98Takumi Kato (加藤匠)
2026Tokai Autumn 2026ClockFinal9.408.45Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Tokai Autumn 2026SkewbFirst round7.023.83Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Otsu Biwako Autumn 20263×3Final9.647.55Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Otsu Biwako Autumn 20266×6Final2:31.092:52.44Takumi Kato (加藤匠)
2026Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026SkewbFinal8.534.79Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
2026Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026Square-1Final22.5111.89Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)

Full careers: Takumi Kato (加藤匠) · Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎). 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.