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Hokuriku Eve Open 2012

Kanazawa · 24 December 2012 · 9 events · 17 competitors · 17 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 with feet, won by Yu Sajima (佐島優) by 0.50 seconds. 17 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 2×2 average national record: 2.46.

Four wins
Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.50s
closest final — 3×3 with feet, Yu Sajima (佐島優) over Yu Nakajima (中島悠)
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Nakajima (中島悠)8.089.55
2×2Yu Nakajima (中島悠)2.193.27
4×4Yu Sajima (佐島優)35.9037.81
5×5Yu Nakajima (中島悠)1:01.781:08.06
3×3 blindfoldedTomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)1:32.21
3×3 Fewest MovesTomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)27 moves
3×3 one-handedYu Nakajima (中島悠)14.0917.64
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)2.773.88
3×3 with feetYu Sajima (佐島優)43.0251.52

The PB harvest

17 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

17 competitors · 110 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

17 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.