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Competitions · Japan

JRCA Kansai Spring 2016

Osaka · 29 May 2016 · 7 events · 47 competitors · 31 personal bests

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) won three of the seven events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) by 0.01 seconds. 47 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) set the 7×7 single national record: 3:11.33.

Three wins
Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7
0.01s
closest final — Skewb, Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) over Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)8.919.44
2×2Wataru Hashimura (端村航)2.302.79
5×5Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)1:04.831:08.00
7×7Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)3:11.333:14.74
3×3 blindfoldedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)1:01.18
PyraminxMinato Imai (今井港)2.883.81
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)3.164.22

The PB harvest

31 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 167 results · 7 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 9.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.