Competitions · Japan
JRCA Kansai Summer 2014
Osaka · 20 July 2014 · 5 events · 32 competitors · 16 personal bests
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the five events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) by 0.19 seconds. 32 competitors produced 16 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A national record
Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 39.80.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 8.05 | 9.99 |
| 2×2 | Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) | 2.83 | 3.25 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 39.80 | — |
| Megaminx | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 1:01.22 | 1:07.73 |
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 3.19 | 4.00 |
The PB harvest
16 set · 1 still standing- Yuuya Hekata (邊方裕也) — 3×3 single 13.91: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four 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
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
32 competitors · 129 results · 5 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 9.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 D U R2 D F2 U2 B' F2 D' F' D' L' B D' F L' F D' - 2
B2 F2 L2 B2 F2 U' B2 D2 F2 R D U2 L B' R' F U B2 D2 L' - 3
B2 D2 F2 D' B2 U F2 R U R2 U' B F' U L B' F' D L' - 4
B L' D2 F' L' U' R2 U2 B2 D F' D2 R D2 F2 R' U2 R2 U2 - 5
D2 L B2 U2 F' B R' F L2 B' U R2 B U2 B2 U2 R2 B' L2 D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
32 competitors- Alifianto Adi Nugroho
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Hideo Sugimoto (杉本英雄)
- Jin Mochizuki (望月仁)
- Kaito Mori (森海斗)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kevin Zhou
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Mitsuru Taniguchi (谷口暢)
- Oto Aoyagi (青柳吟)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司)
- Shouichi Yasumoto (安本翔一)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Tadayoshi Hirota (廣田忠宣)
- Takahiro Tomisawa (富沢隆広)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tomoya Yamashita (山下智也)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuuya Hekata (邊方裕也)
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.