Competitions · Japan
JRCA Kansai Winter 2015
Osaka · 15 February 2015 · 4 events · 39 competitors · 27 personal bests
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won the 3×3 with a 9.94 and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) by 0.04 seconds. 39 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Niranjan Rohith took a 2×2 single of 8.31 down to 3.69, 56 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 7.77 | 9.94 |
| 2×2 | Rituraj Sohoni | 3.13 | 3.73 |
| 4×4 | Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) | 32.94 | 34.81 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | 35.83 | — |
The PB harvest
27 set · 7 still standing- Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3 blindfolded single 40.11: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航) — 4×4 single 36.81: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
- Kulkarni Shubhankar — 2×2 single 3.50: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
- Niranjan Rohith — 2×2 single 3.69: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子) — 3×3 single 17.88: into the top 33.7% of the event's history.
- Takayuki Matsumoto (松本孝之) — 2×2 single 4.75: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.
- Shunsuke Senda (千駄俊介) — 2×2 single 6.16: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Five 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
39 competitors · 150 results · 4 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 9.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 D2 R' D2 R2 B2 L' D2 R B R2 U' L' B2 R F' R2 D L' R' - 2
U L' U' R B' U' D' F2 L' B' D2 L2 U' L2 B2 D2 B2 U' R2 - 3
D2 F2 B' D R' D L' U F L U L2 D2 B2 R' D2 L D2 F2 - 4
B' R2 B' L2 B2 F' U2 F' L2 U' L' B2 D2 F' R U B U' B' L2 - 5
R B2 D2 R F2 R' B2 U2 B2 R2 D' F L R' D2 L2 F' R2 D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
39 competitors- Alifianto Adi Nugroho
- Asami Shiota (塩田朝未)
- Christian Woo
- Elliot Sherrow
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Hiromi Tokushige (徳重裕美)
- Kazuaki Nishimura (西村和祥)
- Kengo Kageyama (蔭山賢吾)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Koji Ito (伊藤滉二)
- Kosuke Watarai (渡會康介)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Kulkarni Shubhankar
- Matthew Girod
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Modi Saurav
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子)
- Niranjan Rohith
- Prabhune Nupura
- Raphaël Pihet
- Rituraj Sohoni
- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Shinichi Suzuki (鈴木信一)
- Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司)
- Shunsuke Senda (千駄俊介)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Takayuki Matsumoto (松本孝之)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Woo Mia
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yu Nakajima (中島悠)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
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.