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Japan Contest 2012

Tokyo · 4 November 2012 · 5 events · 40 competitors · 34 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the 3×3 with a 9.88 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yui Tomita (富田唯依) by 0.46 seconds. 40 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 2×2 single continental record: 1.08.

5
events decided
0.46s
closest final — 2×2, Yui Tomita (富田唯依) over Yu Nakajima (中島悠)
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)8.089.88
2×2Yui Tomita (富田唯依)2.432.87
4×4Shuhei Omura (大村周平)40.9042.02
5×5Yu Nakajima (中島悠)1:05.461:07.77
3×3 one-handedTomohiro Tanno (丹野智博)13.1614.47

The PB harvest

34 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

Two people 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 225 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

40 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.