Competitions · Japan
JRCA Kansai Winter 2017
Hyogo · 12 February 2017 · 6 events · 36 competitors · 20 personal bests
Wataru Hashimura (端村航) won two of the six events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Wataru Hashimura (端村航) by 0.27 seconds. 36 competitors produced 20 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司) took a Pyraminx single of 6.13 down to 3.28, 46 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Wataru Hashimura (端村航) | 9.06 | 9.97 |
| 4×4 | Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) | 32.93 | 35.22 |
| 5×5 | Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) | 1:09.81 | 1:11.89 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) | 14.82 | 17.97 |
| Megaminx | Wataru Hashimura (端村航) | 1:03.22 | 1:08.14 |
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 3.14 | 3.51 |
The PB harvest
20 set · 3 still standing- Raphaël Pihet — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
- Kyota Shimada (嶋田恭大) — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
- Daisuke Maeda (前田大輔) — 3×3 single 15.25: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
Nine 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
36 competitors · 140 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 9.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 D2 R2 D2 R2 B' R2 F R' D2 R' B U' B R' B2 F' R' B - 2
F R' L' B' U2 D2 L' U D2 F L' U2 B2 R2 U2 B2 D2 B2 R2 - 3
F2 B D' F2 D2 R' L2 B' L2 U' F R' U2 R' B2 R' L D2 R - 4
L2 U' R2 D U' R2 U L2 U R D' F R F D2 F R' D2 B - 5
L2 D' F2 U F2 R2 U B2 L2 D2 R' F R' F2 R' D2 U' L F' D F
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
36 competitors- Asami Shiota (塩田朝未)
- Celine Yeung Sum Yin (楊心妍)
- Daisuke Maeda (前田大輔)
- Foo Yim Sheung (傅艶嫦)
- Genki Kurokawa (黒川元希)
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎)
- Keita Furukawa (古川敬太)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Koichiro Oka (岡孝一郎)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Kyota Shimada (嶋田恭大)
- Masashi Okazaki (岡﨑真志)
- Masaya Kobayashi (小林雅也)
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Rin Taniguchi (谷口凜)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司)
- Sho Nishino (西野翔)
- Shosei Okumura (奥村祥晴)
- Shougo Fukutaki (福瀧祥吾)
- Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)
- Sota Ui (宇井颯汰)
- Takanori Oka (岡孝紀)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yeung Hin Kei (楊顯基)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yushi Mura (村勇志)
- 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.