Competitions · Japan
JRCA Kansai Summer 2015
Osaka · 25 July 2015 · 8 events · 46 competitors · 34 personal bests
Taku Yanai (矢内拓) won two of the eight events (4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Collin Burns by 0.01 seconds. 46 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 8.13 | 8.97 |
| 2×2 | Kevin Zhou | 1.97 | 2.64 |
| 4×4 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 29.68 | 33.71 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Collin Burns | 11.78 | 14.66 |
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 2.41 | 3.15 |
| Square-1 | Kou Oobatake (大畠功) | 12.30 | 16.26 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | — | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | — | — |
The PB harvest
34 set · 6 still standing- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.81: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Tomoya Yamashita (山下智也) — 3×3 one-handed single 21.09: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
- Hiromi Tokushige (徳重裕美) — 3×3 single 15.31: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
- Elliot Sherrow — 3×3 one-handed single 23.88: into the top 31.2% of the event's history.
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平) — 4×4 single 56.38: into the top 32.4% of the event's history.
- Koji Ito (伊藤滉二) — 3×3 one-handed single 33.34: into the top 54.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eight 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
5 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
46 competitors · 176 results · 8 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. Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won it with a 8.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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U2 L2 F' L2 D2 F R2 D2 F L2 U' R2 U2 F R D' F' U L2 D2 - 2
F' R2 D2 R2 B' F2 R2 B U' L B' R F' L2 R F2 D' R' D' - 3
D2 U2 L2 F L2 U2 B L2 B' F L' F' U' L' B' D' U' L' R U' - 4
R2 D2 L' B2 R D2 B2 L' R2 B' F' L2 R' D' L B F' U F D2 - 5
B D' F' L2 F' L' U' B L2 U' B2 R U2 L' B2 U2 R2 D2 L' F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
46 competitors- Alifianto Adi Nugroho
- Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)
- Atsuki Harada (原田淳生)
- Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)
- Chiharu Tanaka (田中千遥)
- Collin Burns
- Elliot Sherrow
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Hiromi Tokushige (徳重裕美)
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)
- Keishi Takemura (竹村啓志)
- Keisuke Kida (喜田圭祐)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kevin Zhou
- Koji Ito (伊藤滉二)
- Koki Kitamori (北森頌規)
- Kosuke Watarai (渡會康介)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)
- Ryohei Iida (飯田凌平)
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Shinichi Suzuki (鈴木信一)
- Sho Nishino (西野翔)
- Shosuke Tsuji (辻捷右)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Takahiro Tomisawa (富沢隆広)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也)
- Tareq Alkhaldi
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tomoya Yamashita (山下智也)
- Toru Morooka (諸岡徹)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yuki Ito (伊藤祐樹)
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)
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.