Competitions · Japan
Kanazawa Open 2020
Kanazawa, Ishikawa · 23 February 2020 · 4 events · 34 competitors · 16 personal bests
Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) by 0.18 seconds. 34 competitors produced 16 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Tokuma Ohtaki (大滝徳真) took a 2×2 single of 2.79 down to 2.14, 23 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) | 7.85 | 8.85 |
| 2×2 | Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) | 2.22 | 2.78 |
| 4×4 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 27.43 | 30.18 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 12.26 | 13.45 |
The PB harvest
16 set · 11 still standing- Yu Sajima (佐島優) — 4×4 single 24.97: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
- Tokuma Ohtaki (大滝徳真) — 3×3 single 8.18: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) — 4×4 single 31.40: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
- Tokuma Ohtaki (大滝徳真) — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
- Yu Sajima (佐島優) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.05: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
- Minato Imai (今井港) — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
- Sho Nishino (西野翔) — 4×4 single 46.32: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
- Takumi Hagiwara (萩原拓巳) — 4×4 single 52.05: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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
34 competitors · 103 results · 4 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. Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎) won it with a 8.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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R2 D R2 D2 L2 D F2 U' B2 U2 R' F U' L' U' L R F R - 2
L' B2 R' B L' D' F' R' F' R2 F2 U L2 U2 F2 D' B2 R2 U' L2 - 3
L2 U' B2 U2 F2 U B2 R2 D R2 D R D' U' B L2 B2 D2 R' U' - 4
L2 U2 B2 L2 B L2 R2 D2 L2 F' L' B2 D R F2 U' R' B R F - 5
F2 R2 D2 B R2 B' D2 B R2 B L2 R' B2 F2 L' D L' R' F' L
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
34 competitors- Airi Ohbatake (大畠愛莉)
- Allan Gasnier
- Daisuke Kochi (幸地大輔)
- Kazuaki Oshima (大島一晃)
- Kazue Kobayashi (小林和惠)
- Kazuki Ojima (尾島和樹)
- Kazuya Ishii (石井一也)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kenta Yamagishi (山岸健太)
- Kenya Yahata (八幡顕也)
- Koki Ohbatake (大畠光喜)
- Kotaro Dohi (土肥幸太郎)
- Kouetsu Ando (安藤弘悦)
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Miyoko Ohbatake (大畠美代子)
- Naoki Tani (谷直輝)
- Ryo Nohara (野原遼)
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Sho Nishino (西野翔)
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)
- Suiren Tsuchida (土田睡蓮)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Takumi Hagiwara (萩原拓巳)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tatsuya Tsukamoto (塚本達也)
- Tokuma Ohtaki (大滝徳真)
- Vladislav Alekseev (Владислав Алексеев)
- Wataru Ohkubo (大久保渉)
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- Yusuke Kosaka (髙阪優輔)
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.