Competitions · Japan

Japanese Championship 2006

Tokyo · 12 November 2006 · 10 events · 79 competitors · 80 personal bests

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) won two of the ten events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) by 0.13 seconds. 79 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) set the 5×5 single continental record: 1:48.56.

Two wins

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — 2×2, Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) over Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Takahito Domon (土門崇人)	12.78	15.82
2×2	Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)	7.69	9.20
4×4	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	57.75	1:11.42
5×5	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:48.56	2:03.54
3×3 blindfolded	Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)	2:46.57	—
3×3 one-handed	Ryosuke Mondo (門戸良介)	35.68	—
Pyraminx	Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一)	7.42	12.19
Square-1	Syoji Takamatsu (高松唱司)	40.27	50.06
3×3 with feet	Syoji Takamatsu (高松唱司)	2:41.29	—
Magic	Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸)	2.09	2.44

The PB harvest

80 set · 18 still standing

Takahito Domon (土門崇人) — 3×3 single 12.78: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Syoji Takamatsu (高松唱司) — 3×3 single 16.29: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
Kazuma Sasamura (篠村一磨) — 3×3 single 16.71: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一) — 3×3 single 17.33: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
Akihiro Kawauchi (河内章浩) — 3×3 single 21.88: into the top 45.1% of the event's history.
Hironori Sugiura (杉浦尋徳) — 3×3 single 23.05: into the top 48.0% of the event's history.
Tomotsugu Yamamoto (山本智嗣) — 3×3 single 24.31: into the top 51.1% of the event's history.
Ryosuke Kyoui (京井良介) — 3×3 single 24.65: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 580 people who made their debut in 2006. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 212 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

79 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.