In the past year (2023), Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) competed in 7 competitions and 46 rounds across 8 events, from Feb 12th to Sep 23rd.
Records
He broke 4 records, and all were NRs.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 8 times across 3 events, including 4 golds, 2 silvers, and 2 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Square-1 | 2 | | |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 230 solves and completed 228.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 70 | 70 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 50 | 50 |
| Square-1 | 30 | 30 |
| Pyraminx | 25 | 25 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 20 | 20 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 14 | 15 |
| Megaminx | 14 | 15 |
| Skewb | 5 | 5 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 13 times across 4 events, including 7 singles and 6 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| Megaminx | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Square-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 47.76 | 45.74 | 2.02 (4.42%) |
| Square-1 | 6.10 | 6.04 | 0.06 (0.99%) |
| Megaminx | - | 1:03.44 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 30.18 | 28.53 | 1.65 (5.78%) |
| Square-1 | 7.09 | 6.92 | 0.17 (2.46%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 51.75 | 50.77 | 0.98 (1.93%) |
| Megaminx | - | 1:13.59 | - |
Cubers
He met 1539 cubers from 57 countries/regions, 150 of whom competed with him more than once. Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) was the only one who accompanied the whole 7 competitions.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1389 |
| 2 | 97 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 |
| All | 1539 |
Regions
He competed in 3 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| Japan | 5 |
| Korea | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
