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Competitions · Japan

JRCA Kansai Winter 2019

Osaka · 12 January 2019 · 7 events · 45 competitors · 28 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) by 0.24 seconds. 45 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) set the 4×4 single national record: 23.72.

Two wins
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 4×4, 5×5
0.24s
closest final — 3×3, Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) over Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)6.898.89
2×2Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)2.132.50
4×4Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)26.9729.43
5×5Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)43.3453.72
3×3 blindfoldedTeruki Tamura (田村旭輝)34.39
PyraminxSora Sato3.714.54
Square-1Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)6.278.23

The PB harvest

28 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 179 results · 7 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 8.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.