Competitions · Japan
Japan Contest Spring 2014
Tokyo · 29 April 2014 · 5 events · 49 competitors · 45 personal bests
Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) by 0.52 seconds. 49 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) | 8.97 | 9.92 |
| 2×2 | Yui Tomita (富田唯依) | 1.90 | 2.56 |
| 4×4 | Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) | 34.97 | 37.70 |
| 5×5 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 59.50 | 1:15.22 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) | 15.28 | 15.86 |
The PB harvest
45 set · 7 still standing- Takeshi Hino (日野健志) — 3×3 single 14.59: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
- Kou Nakamura (中村滉) — 3×3 single 15.36: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
- Yuji Higuchi (樋口裕二) — 3×3 single 19.77: into the top 39.3% of the event's history.
- Takafumi Seki (関隆文) — 3×3 one-handed single 27.40: into the top 40.4% of the event's history.
- Takeshi Hino (日野健志) — 5×5 single 2:10.06: into the top 55.5% of the event's history.
- Jun Nishio (西尾純) — 3×3 single 26.40: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.
- Hiroo Saito (斉藤広大) — 5×5 single 3:12.11: into the top 81.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
49 competitors · 198 results · 5 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. Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) won it with a 9.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 F2 L2 F' D2 B' U2 R2 F' L2 D2 U' F' R2 D' B2 L' U2 B' F' - 2
F2 L2 D2 B2 R2 D2 B2 R2 U' R2 B L' U L B2 F2 L2 U' B' U2 - 3
D' U2 R2 D' U' F2 D R2 U' B D R2 B2 L U L F L2 F - 4
D2 U2 R2 B R2 F' R2 D2 B' L' U F D' F' U2 R F D' U - 5
L2 F2 L' F2 R U2 R' F2 R F2 L2 D U' F D2 U L2 U' R F D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
49 competitors- Akihiro Ishida (石田朗大)
- Ayumu Wawatanabe (渡邉歩)
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)
- Fyodor Borisov
- Gen Okamoto (岡本元)
- Gosho Maejima (前島剛正)
- Han Wu (吳翰)
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Hiroo Saito (斉藤広大)
- Hiroto Fujita (藤田浩斗)
- Hisashi Fukai (深井寿)
- Ibuki Mio (美尾伊吹)
- Jun Nishio (西尾純)
- Junya Tomita (富田純也)
- Kai Ito (井藤魁)
- Katsunori Ishiguro (石黒克典)
- Kei Suga (須賀慶)
- Keisuke Shimura (志村圭介)
- Keita Nomura (野村啓太)
- Kengo Kageyama (蔭山賢吾)
- Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎)
- Kou Nakamura (中村滉)
- Mika Muranushi (村主美佳)
- Mina Tomita (富田美菜)
- Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)
- Motonori Inogai (猪貝基宣)
- Naoto Seki (関直人)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Ryosuke Higo (肥後亮佑)
- Ryosuke Taketani (竹谷瞭佑)
- Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
- Seinosuke Hayakawa (早川誠之輔)
- Shun Shimada (島田駿)
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
- Takafumi Seki (関隆文)
- Takeshi Hino (日野健志)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Takumi Yoshida (吉田匠)
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
- Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之)
- Yoshio Matsumoto (松本嘉夫)
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yui Tomita (富田唯依)
- Yuji Higuchi (樋口裕二)
- Yuki Saito (齋藤勇輝)
- Yuta Okada (岡田雄太)
- Yuta Shimasaki (島崎裕大)
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.