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Takumi Tamura (田村匠) vs Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)

Two careers, 46 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 Tamura (田村匠) (Japan) and Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) (Japan) have met in 46 rounds across 22 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) leads Takumi Tamura (田村匠): 26 finishes in front to 18 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Takumi Tamura (田村匠) holds the faster single in 12, Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTakumi Tamura (田村匠) singleaverageShota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) singleaverage
3×39.6512.7110.2512.75
2×22.614.523.043.81
4×440.8746.4142.6247.92
5×51:09.361:24.961:29.281:46.11
6×62:24.642:39.913:05.203:12.56
7×74:01.324:16.685:14.316:23.22
3×3 blindfolded1:45.0546.8058.39
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.6719 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed18.6824.2122.8729.08
Clock8.8712.889.2816.72
Megaminx1:25.471:27.9443.5949.80
Pyraminx3.996.097.5810.03
Skewb3.766.619.9410.51
Square-18.7011.2015.5420.65
4×4 blindfolded29:50.005:45.569:34.92
5×5 blindfolded1:02:50.0011:56.0016:53.00
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 22:1118 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 46 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 30 meetings2023: 12025: 302026: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTakumi Tamura (田村匠)Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)ahead
2026Tokyo BLD Summer 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:49.23Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026Tokyo BLD Summer 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal12 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Japan Championship 20262×2First round7.194.43Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Japan Championship 20263×3First round13.3916.55Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026Japan Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round25.7529.08Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026Japan Championship 20264×4First round1:02.6355.43Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Japan FMC Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.0023.00Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.0022.00tie
2026Tokyo Summer 2026ClockFirst round17.7816.72Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Tokyo FMC Spring 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round24.3324.33tie
2026Tokyo FMC Spring 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.6723.00Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Tokyo BLD Spring 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:29.501:15.21Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Tokyo BLD Winter 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round3 of 3 cubes · 22:1114 of 15 cubes · 48:59Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Tokyo FMC Winter 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round24.3325.67Takumi Tamura (田村匠)

Full careers: Takumi Tamura (田村匠) · Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太). 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.