Competitions · Japan

Ayase Autumn 2019

Adachi, Tokyo · 21 September 2019 · 8 events · 115 competitors · 87 personal bests

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) won two of the eight events (5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kazuki Sakamoto (坂本一樹) by 0.15 seconds. 115 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 19 moves.

Two wins

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) — 5×5, 7×7

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Kazuki Sakamoto (坂本一樹) over Itthikorn Jittaveeroj (อิทธิกร จิตทวีโรจน์)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Takuya Kurokawa (黒河拓也)	7.74	8.77
2×2	Kazuki Sakamoto (坂本一樹)	2.07	2.66
5×5	Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)	52.91	58.16
7×7	Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)	2:41.89	2:44.63
3×3 blindfolded	Oto Aoyagi (青柳吟)	26.29	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)	19 moves	24.00
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	38.39	39.12
Pyraminx	Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎)	2.35	3.14

The PB harvest

87 set · 40 still standing

Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 19 moves: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) — 3×3 single 6.51: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) — 3×3 single 6.69: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎) — Pyraminx single 1.96: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら) — Pyraminx single 2.05: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Takumi Yoshida (吉田拓海) — Pyraminx single 2.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Daryl Aliben — 3×3 single 7.71: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 388 results · 8 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. Takuya Kurokawa (黒河拓也) won it with a 8.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.