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Competitions · Japan

Cube Camp in Kanazawa 2016

Kanazawa, Ishikawa · 5 August 2016 · 14 events · 44 competitors · 37 personal bests

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) won two of the 14 events (Clock, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yu Sajima (佐島優) by 0.07 seconds. 44 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) set the Skewb average national record: 4.13.

Two wins
Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) — Clock, Skewb
0.07s
closest final — 3×3, Yu Sajima (佐島優) over Shuhei Omura (大村周平)
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Sajima (佐島優)8.5510.46
2×2Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)2.153.49
4×4Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)37.5640.39
5×5Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)1:04.431:15.46
3×3 blindfoldedTaku Yanai (矢内拓)34.83
3×3 Fewest MovesTomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)25 moves28.00
ClockNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)8.529.97
MegaminxArifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)1:00.311:04.40
PyraminxMinato Imai (今井港)4.095.13
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)3.864.13
Square-1Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)10.4410.68
4×4 blindfoldedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)9:13.56
5×5 blindfoldedKou Oobatake (大畠功)
3×3 with feetYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)31.9941.02

The PB harvest

37 set · 8 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 239 results · 14 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. Yu Sajima (佐島優) won it with a 10.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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