Competitions · Japan

Japan Championship 2026

Daito, Osaka · 18 July 2026 · 16 events · 138 competitors · 114 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won four of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) by 0.01 seconds. 138 competitors produced 114 personal bests, 105 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Ao Nogami (野上碧) set the 3×3 single national record: 4.75.

Four wins

Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) over Rio Esaki (江碕莉旺)

114

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	5.38	5.83
2×2	Jacob Joshi	1.27	1.41
4×4	Matty Hiroto Inaba	17.78	21.27
5×5	Matty Hiroto Inaba	38.17	41.04
6×6	Matty Hiroto Inaba	1:19.45	1:23.29
7×7	Kohei Aruga (有賀康平)	2:01.07	2:03.04
3×3 blindfolded	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	15.75	16.82
3×3 one-handed	Takumi Kato (加藤匠)	8.54	9.68
Clock	Shoi Hamaguchi (濱口翔偉)	2.90	4.20
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	32.44	34.93
Pyraminx	Nice Yoshida (吉田名偉主)	1.84	2.30
Skewb	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	1.57	2.19
Square-1	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	7.00	7.85
4×4 blindfolded	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	1:45.86	—
5×5 blindfolded	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	3:45.72	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shiori Yanai	33 of 40 cubes · 56:48	—

The PB harvest

114 set · 105 still standing

Ao Nogami (野上碧) — 3×3 single 4.75: into the top 0.075% of the event's history.
Nice Yoshida (吉田名偉主) — Pyraminx single 1.24: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Ao Nogami (野上碧) — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大) — 3×3 single 5.78: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Shinichiro Sato (佐藤真一郎) — 3×3 single 5.91: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規) — Pyraminx single 1.56: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Yuya Sakai (酒井裕也) — 3×3 single 6.06: into the top 0.52% of the event's history.
Raiden Reynolds (レイノルズ頼傳) — 2×2 single 0.99: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.

First-timers

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Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

138 competitors · 612 results · 16 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.