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JRCA Kansai Fall 2014

Osaka · 30 November 2014 · 3 events · 34 competitors · 16 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the three events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 0.05 seconds. 34 competitors produced 16 personal bests, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) took a 2×2 single of 5.96 down to 3.47, 42 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 2×2
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
16
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)8.418.90
2×2Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)2.432.75
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)3.083.62

The PB harvest

16 set · 0 still standing

    First-timers

    Three 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

    No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

    The field

    34 competitors · 98 results · 3 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. Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won it with a 8.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

    solve 1

    solve 2

    solve 3

    solve 4

    solve 5

    Race this final

    Everyone who competed

    34 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.