Competitions · Japan

Kanazawa 2024

Kanazawa, Ishikawa · 25 May 2024 · 3 events · 76 competitors · 51 personal bests

Firstian Fushada (符逢城) won the 3×3 with a 7.41 and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Amey Gaba by 0.10 seconds. 76 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Takuya Kira (吉良拓也) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 1:18.31 down to 51.27, 35 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.10s

closest final — 4×4, Amey Gaba over Firstian Fushada (符逢城)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Firstian Fushada (符逢城)	6.18	7.41
4×4	Amey Gaba	24.39	29.09
3×3 blindfolded	Jeff Park	16.96	—

The PB harvest

51 set · 18 still standing

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) — 4×4 single 24.95: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
Yudai Naito (内藤悠大) — 3×3 single 6.83: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Yu Sajima (佐島優) — 3×3 single 6.90: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Takumi Kondo (近藤匠) — 3×3 single 7.20: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Kohei Fujitani (藤谷航平) — 3×3 single 8.03: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Shotaro Miyajima (宮嶋将太郎) — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Hiroki Katagiri (片桐浩貴) — 3×3 blindfolded single 45.66: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Kazuhiro Fukada (深田和宏) — 4×4 single 37.78: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

76 competitors · 235 results · 3 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. Firstian Fushada (符逢城) won it with a 7.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.