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Competitions · Japan

JRCA Kansai Winter 2016

Kyoto · 7 February 2016 · 6 events · 37 competitors · 25 personal bests

Wataru Hashimura (端村航) won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Wataru Hashimura (端村航) by 0.04 seconds. 37 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tareq Alkhaldi set the 3×3 single national record: 18.58.

Two wins
Wataru Hashimura (端村航) — 3×3, 4×4
0.04s
closest final — 3×3, Wataru Hashimura (端村航) over Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Wataru Hashimura (端村航)9.7510.29
2×2Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)2.532.94
4×4Wataru Hashimura (端村航)42.5548.21
3×3 blindfoldedTaku Yanai (矢内拓)32.50
PyraminxTakayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)4.184.97
Square-1Kou Oobatake (大畠功)11.1513.45

The PB harvest

25 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Eight 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 160 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. Wataru Hashimura (端村航) won it with a 10.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.