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Competitions · Japan

Go x Go Kyoto 2023

Kyoto, Kyoto · 12 February 2023 · 2 events · 54 competitors · 18 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the two events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 0.43 seconds. 54 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Takuya Kira (吉良拓也) took a 3×3 single of 15.25 down to 8.15, 47 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 5×5
0.43s
closest final — 3×3, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)6.968.13
5×5Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)51.1053.01

The PB harvest

18 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

24 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

54 competitors · 103 results · 2 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. Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.