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Competitions · Japan

Ayase Autumn A 2022

Adachi, Tokyo · 3 November 2022 · 6 events · 44 competitors · 37 personal bests

Sho Ogata (緒方昭) won the 3×3 with a 8.22 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sho Ogata (緒方昭) by 0.07 seconds. 44 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shoji Nishimura (西村晶司) set the Clock single national record: 4.19.

6
events decided
0.07s
closest final — 3×3, Sho Ogata (緒方昭) over Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二)
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sho Ogata (緒方昭)7.328.22
3×3 blindfoldedMasato Fujiwara (藤原正人)20.35
ClockNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)6.236.90
SkewbHiroaki Yokoyama (横山滉晟)3.253.87
Square-1Takumi Tamura (田村匠)9.1912.69
3×3 Multi-BlindNaoto Shinagawa (品川直登)30 of 34 cubes · 58:14

The PB harvest

37 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 161 results · 6 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. Sho Ogata (緒方昭) won it with a 8.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.