Competitions · Japan

Japanese Championship 2005

Tokyo · 3 September 2005 · 3 events · 78 competitors · 10 personal bests

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) won two of the three events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) by 1.47 seconds. 78 competitors produced 10 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) set the 5×5 single continental record: 2:35.19.

Two wins

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) — 3×3, 4×4

1.47s

closest final — 3×3, Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) over Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹)	14.39	15.87
4×4	Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹)	1:06.41	1:10.76
5×5	Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行)	2:35.19	2:44.74

The PB harvest

10 set · 2 still standing

Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) — 4×4 single 1:05.87: into the top 42.7% of the event's history.
Manabu Choshi (町支学) — 4×4 single 1:55.87: into the top 79.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 417 people who made their debut in 2005. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 110 results · 3 events.

Everyone who competed

78 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.