Competitions · Japan

Kanazawa Challenge Spring PM 2023

Kanazawa, Ishikawa · 27 May 2023 · 2 events · 44 competitors · 17 personal bests

Amey Gaba won two of the two events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Amey Gaba by 0.48 seconds. 44 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuhi Kohno (河野悠陽) took a 3×3 single of 19.32 down to 13.36, 31 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Amey Gaba — 3×3, 4×4

0.48s

closest final — 3×3, Amey Gaba over Kazuya Ishii (石井一也)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Amey Gaba	7.90	8.58
4×4	Amey Gaba	27.90	32.26

The PB harvest

17 set · 7 still standing

Riku Koshizaki (越崎凌久) — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Toru Morooka (諸岡徹) — 3×3 single 9.08: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Ryo Otsuki (大槻瞭) — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Kazuya Ishii (石井一也) — 4×4 single 40.57: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Tsuyoshi Yamashita (山下剛史) — 3×3 single 13.19: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Satoru Umetsu (梅津諭) — 4×4 single 49.55: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
Masaaki Tanaka (田中正晃) — 4×4 single 53.64: into the top 29.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

44 competitors · 72 results · 2 events.

Everyone who competed

44 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.