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Competitions · Japan

Circles Open Spring 2017

Yokohama, Kanagawa · 4 March 2017 · 5 events · 93 competitors · 60 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the 3×3 with a 8.51 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) by 0.24 seconds. 93 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) set the Skewb average national record: 3.62.

5
events decided
0.24s
closest final — 2×2, Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) over Rituraj Sohoni
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)7.718.51
2×2Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝)3.324.01
4×4Shuhei Omura (大村周平)31.0633.26
3×3 blindfoldedYuta Okada (岡田雄太)31.83
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)2.973.62

The PB harvest

60 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 261 results · 5 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. Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won it with a 8.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.