Competitions · Japan

Ayase Summer 2023

Adachi, Tokyo · 17 July 2023 · 4 events · 89 competitors · 63 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won two of the four events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) by 0.33 seconds. 89 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) set the 5×5 average national record: 50.77.

Two wins

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 3×3, 5×5

0.33s

closest final — 3×3, Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) over Amey Gaba

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	6.10	7.68
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	42.82	45.26
3×3 one-handed	Shunsuke Komoda (古茂田俊介)	11.30	12.34
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	33.78	35.62

The PB harvest

63 set · 15 still standing

Hinata Tokuda (徳田陽向) — 3×3 single 8.72: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Sosuke Koyama (小山創右) — 3×3 single 9.96: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜) — Megaminx single 56.38: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Sho Kashiyama (樫山匠) — Megaminx single 1:00.55: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Itthikorn Jittaveeroj (อิทธิกร จิตทวีโรจน์) — Megaminx single 1:00.56: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Yudai Hondo (本堂勇大) — 3×3 single 11.18: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Kousei Noguchi (野口航聖) — 3×3 single 11.83: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Shoutaro Kikuchi (菊地章太郎) — 5×5 single 1:13.19: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 247 results · 4 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. Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won it with a 7.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.