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Competitions · Japan

JRCA Kansai Spring 2017

Osaka · 28 May 2017 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 32 personal bests

Asato Irifune (入船朝斗) won the 3×3 with a 8.98 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) by 0.24 seconds. 56 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) set the Skewb single national record: 2.00.

6
events decided
0.24s
closest final — 2×2, Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) over Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Asato Irifune (入船朝斗)7.418.98
2×2Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)1.461.92
4×4Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)30.0734.31
6×6Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)1:57.662:00.79
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)3.093.54
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)2.004.11

The PB harvest

32 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 181 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. Asato Irifune (入船朝斗) won it with a 8.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.