Competitions · Japan

Asian Championship 2014

Matsudo, Chiba · 1 November 2014 · 18 events · 206 competitors · 206 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won three of the 18 events (3×3, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 0.00 seconds. 206 competitors produced 206 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 49 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yu Da-Hyun (유다현) set the Megaminx single world record: 37.83.

Three wins

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.00s

closest final — 6×6, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Shuhei Omura (大村周平)

206

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	8.30	9.47
2×2	Yui Tomita (富田唯依)	2.11	2.53
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	29.30	31.69
5×5	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1:06.16	1:08.74
6×6	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	2:26.86	2:33.78
7×7	Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)	3:12.84	3:22.75
3×3 blindfolded	Kabyanil Talukdar	25.78	27.63
3×3 Fewest Moves	Tomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)	25 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	14.03	14.59
Clock	Yunho Nam (남윤호)	5.72	6.00
Megaminx	Yu Da-Hyun (유다현)	40.16	42.89
Pyraminx	Yohei Oka (岡要平)	3.02	3.68
Skewb	Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)	4.53	5.35
Square-1	Kou Oobatake (大畠功)	12.33	16.33
4×4 blindfolded	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	4:53.97	—
5×5 blindfolded	Tomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)	29:39.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Kabyanil Talukdar	12 of 13 cubes · 42:10	—
3×3 with feet	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	27.78	32.93

The PB harvest

206 set · 44 still standing

Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.52: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Wataru Hashimura (端村航) — Skewb single 2.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Jinseong Kim (김진성) — 4×4 single 34.55: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨) — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Jin Mochizuki (望月仁) — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Jinseong Kim (김진성) — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Ryo Kozawa (小澤諒) — 3×3 blindfolded single 45.96: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

49 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

31 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

206 competitors · 1009 results · 18 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won it with a 9.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B2 U R2 D B2 F2 R2 B2 D' U B' F2 U' F' L2 U' R F L2 D2
2L' B U2 R L U' D B' U' B U' F2 U2 R U2 R2 F2 L'
3D L2 D R2 B R' B R F' R L F D2 B' U2 D2 R2 D2 L2
4D2 L2 U2 B D2 L2 F L2 U' L' R B' U F2 L2 U R B U2
5L D2 F2 U2 R2 B2 L F2 U2 L' F R F2 R F' U' R2 D L F

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

206 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.