Competitions · Japan

Hiroshima Winter 2024

Fukuyama, Hiroshima · 10 February 2024 · 4 events · 111 competitors · 57 personal bests

Ao Nogami (野上碧) won the 3×3 with a 6.82 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Aoto Mashimo (眞下蒼人) by 0.83 seconds. 111 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) set the Megaminx average national record: 34.23.

events decided

0.83s

closest final — Pyraminx, Aoto Mashimo (眞下蒼人) over Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ao Nogami (野上碧)	6.22	6.82
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	32.15	34.23
Pyraminx	Aoto Mashimo (眞下蒼人)	1.79	2.13
Skewb	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	2.02	2.90

The PB harvest

57 set · 26 still standing

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) — 3×3 single 7.04: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Hiroaki Okamoto (岡本裕陽) — Megaminx single 40.12: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Naoki Tani (谷直輝) — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Aoto Mashimo (眞下蒼人) — 3×3 single 9.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Shoichi Wajima (輪島匠一) — Pyraminx single 3.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Nguyen Dao Quoc Anh — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Đức Trí — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Aoto Mashimo (眞下蒼人) — Skewb single 3.46: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 308 results · 4 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. Ao Nogami (野上碧) won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.