Competitions · Japan
Kansai Big Cube 2018
Osaka · 28 October 2018 · 9 events · 62 competitors · 71 personal bests
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) by 0.13 seconds. 62 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A national record
Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 28 of 30 cubes · 56:08.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 7.03 | 8.18 |
| 4×4 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 25.60 | 29.34 |
| 5×5 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 55.59 | 57.52 |
| 6×6 | Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) | 1:51.39 | 1:55.36 |
| 7×7 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 2:40.58 | 2:42.92 |
| Megaminx | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 38.36 | 42.81 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) | 3:02.61 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) | 6:45.21 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登) | 28 of 30 cubes · 56:08 | — |
The PB harvest
71 set · 18 still standing- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) — 5×5 single 54.54: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — Megaminx single 50.98: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
- Raphaël Pihet — 5×5 single 1:01.79: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- Yunsu Nam (남윤수) — 5×5 single 1:07.19: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
- Raphaël Pihet — 6×6 single 1:56.94: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎) — 7×7 single 3:14.88: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
- Tomoya Yamashita (山下智也) — 5×5 single 1:14.42: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平) — 3×3 single 12.46: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
4 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
62 competitors · 226 results · 9 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 8.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R2 B2 L2 B' R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 R2 F' L F D' R2 B D2 B - 2
D' B2 U2 L2 R2 U F2 U L2 F2 U2 R D2 R' F' R F2 R2 U B2 - 3
D R2 B2 D' L2 U F2 U F2 R2 D L' B' U B D F' L D2 B - 4
F2 U B' L F2 R2 U R F' R' U F2 D L2 D R2 F2 U' L2 D L2 - 5
U2 R2 B R2 F' L2 U2 F2 R2 U' B R2 U B R U F' L B' U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
62 competitors- Amey Gaba
- Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)
- Asami Ohkusa
- Asato Irifune (入船朝斗)
- Bryan De Los Santos Rivero
- Daisuke Maeda (前田大輔)
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠)
- Hiroki Iwashita (岩下大輝)
- Junichi Tokuno (徳野純一)
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎)
- Kaito Mori (森海斗)
- Kaku Ozaki (尾崎覚)
- Kaoru Egawa (江川薫瑠)
- Kazue Kobayashi (小林和惠)
- Kazuki Ojima (尾島和樹)
- Kazuya Okada (岡田和也)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kohei Abe (阿部航平)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Kouichi Mitsui (三ツ井洸一)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Masaaki Suda (須田將昭)
- Masahiro Hayashi (林真大)
- Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
- Matthew Girod
- Minami Ohashi (大橋美七海)
- Naoki Tani (谷直輝)
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子)
- Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Ryo Fujino (藤野凌)
- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)
- Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Seiya Tsuji (辻聖也)
- Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司)
- Shinobu Nakahara (仲原偲)
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平)
- Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)
- Sora Endo (遠藤蒼空)
- Syougo Kamo (加茂翔吾)
- Taishi Katsuki (香月大志)
- Takafumi Sakakibara (榊原隆文)
- Takanari Hiroi (廣井孝成)
- Takayuki Matsumoto (松本孝之)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Takuma Daino (台野拓磨)
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
- Tomoki Moriyama (森山智樹)
- Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)
- Tomoya Yamashita (山下智也)
- Toshimitsu Oe (大江利光)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yoshinobu Egawa (江川善信)
- Yoshinori Inagaki (稲垣義徳)
- Yoshitomo Miyata (宮田美友)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuki Matsui (松井裕希)
- Yunsu Nam (남윤수)
- 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.