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Competitions · Japan

JRCA Kansai Spring 2015

Hyogo · 30 May 2015 · 6 events · 36 competitors · 22 personal bests

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) won two of the six events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) by 0.02 seconds. 36 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tareq Alkhaldi set the 3×3 single national record: 20.08.

Two wins
Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) — 2×2, Skewb
0.02s
closest final — Skewb, Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) over Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)8.6310.10
2×2Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)1.612.18
5×5Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)1:02.551:06.29
7×7Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)3:41.843:43.31
3×3 blindfoldedTaku Yanai (矢内拓)29.31
SkewbMakoto Takaoka (高岡誠)3.595.30

The PB harvest

22 set · 4 still standing

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

36 competitors · 136 results · 6 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. Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) won it with a 10.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.