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Competitions · Japan

Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2015

Ishikawa · 21 August 2015 · 12 events · 44 competitors · 37 personal bests

Yu Sajima (佐島優) won two of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Minato Imai (今井港) by 0.18 seconds. 44 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) set the Skewb average national record: 4.63.

Two wins
Yu Sajima (佐島優) — 4×4, 5×5
0.18s
closest final — Pyraminx, Minato Imai (今井港) over Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)8.0010.09
2×2Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)2.883.25
4×4Yu Sajima (佐島優)33.9039.52
5×5Yu Sajima (佐島優)1:03.971:17.22
3×3 blindfoldedTaku Yanai (矢内拓)32.59
3×3 Fewest MovesTomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)29 moves30.00
MegaminxTakahiro Tomisawa (富沢隆広)1:03.311:06.52
PyraminxMinato Imai (今井港)2.634.27
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)3.834.63
Square-1Kou Oobatake (大畠功)12.8414.66
4×4 blindfoldedOto Aoyagi (青柳吟)9:12.80
5×5 blindfoldedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)11:05.00

The PB harvest

37 set · 12 still standing

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 237 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. Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won it with a 10.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.