Competitions · Japan

Japan Open 2007

Tokyo · 28 July 2007 · 8 events · 94 competitors · 63 personal bests

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) by 0.22 seconds. 94 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) set the 5×5 single world record: 1:38.78.

Two wins

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — 4×4, 5×5

0.22s

closest final — 4×4, Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) over Bernett Orlando

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)	12.41	13.13
2×2	Shuhei Omura (大村周平)	4.38	5.14
4×4	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:02.02	1:08.06
5×5	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:38.78	1:50.01
3×3 blindfolded	Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行)	1:56.78	—
3×3 one-handed	JeongMin Yu (유정민)	22.43	23.60
4×4 blindfolded	Teruki Miyazaki (宮崎輝樹)	38:58.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)	Ryosuke Mondo (門戸良介)	11 of 12 cubes · 123:30	—

The PB harvest

63 set · 10 still standing

Koyo Moriki (森木耕陽) — 3×3 single 16.81: into the top 30.4% of the event's history.
Hirokazu Hiroyama (廣山弘和) — 3×3 single 17.43: into the top 32.4% of the event's history.
Yoshimi Tomita (富田よし美) — 3×3 single 22.75: into the top 47.3% of the event's history.
Yohei Okada (岡田洋平) — 3×3 single 23.09: into the top 48.1% of the event's history.
Masahiro Osaka (小坂真啓) — 3×3 single 23.90: into the top 50.1% of the event's history.
JeongMin Yu (유정민) — 2×2 single 6.06: into the top 51.5% of the event's history.
Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一) — 4×4 single 1:17.44: into the top 53.8% of the event's history.
Yoshihiko Kyoi (京井良彦) — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:08.61: into the top 54.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 1,014 people who made their debut in 2007. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

94 competitors · 250 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

94 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.