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Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2014

Ishikawa · 8 August 2014 · 12 events · 37 competitors · 17 personal bests

Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) won two of the twelve events (4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) by 0.25 seconds. 37 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 11:23.00.

Two wins
Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) over Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)9.8011.37
2×2Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)2.963.22
4×4Keita Nomura (野村啓太)39.3142.96
5×5Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)1:15.591:19.86
3×3 blindfoldedTaku Yanai (矢内拓)1:10.25
3×3 Fewest MovesTomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)27 moves30.00
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)2.463.16
SkewbHideki Niina (新名秀樹)4.616.82
Square-1Kou Oobatake (大畠功)15.6116.89
4×4 blindfoldedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)5:46.05
5×5 blindfoldedYu Nakajima (中島悠)11:23.00
3×3 with feetYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)32.0834.81

The PB harvest

17 set · 3 still standing

First-timers

One person 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 192 results · 12 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. Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) won it with a 11.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.