Competitions · Japan

Hiroshima Spring 2023

Fukuyama, Hiroshima · 25 March 2023 · 5 events · 88 competitors · 56 personal bests

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) won the 3×3 with a 8.38 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) by 0.38 seconds. 88 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuto Date (伊達優人) took a Megaminx single of 2:39.96 down to 1:26.90, 46 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.38s

closest final — 3×3, Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) over Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	8.04	8.38
3×3 blindfolded	Masato Fujiwara (藤原正人)	20.75	—
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	33.53	36.00
Pyraminx	Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔)	1.64	3.05
Skewb	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	1.73	2.99

The PB harvest

56 set · 15 still standing

Oto Aoyagi (青柳吟) — 3×3 blindfolded single 21.23: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Kai Yamamoto (山本快) — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司) — 3×3 blindfolded single 37.69: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Aya Ishikura (石倉文) — Megaminx single 54.81: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Tomoki Moriyama (森山智樹) — Megaminx single 56.10: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Shinichiro Sato (佐藤真一郎) — Megaminx single 57.96: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Takeo Nagoshi (名越丈雄) — 3×3 blindfolded single 57.91: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝) — Megaminx single 1:05.10: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

88 competitors · 239 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

88 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.