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Competitions · Japan

Kansai New Year 2012

Amagasaki, Hyogo · 14 January 2012 · 6 events · 30 competitors · 27 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yu Nakajima (中島悠) by 0.58 seconds. 30 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 4×4 average continental record: 37.41.

Four wins
Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6
0.58s
closest final — 2×2, Yu Nakajima (中島悠) over Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也)
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Nakajima (中島悠)9.139.45
2×2Yu Nakajima (中島悠)3.463.91
4×4Yu Nakajima (中島悠)35.4437.41
6×6Yu Nakajima (中島悠)2:23.132:31.64
3×3 blindfoldedTakuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)2:22.02
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)3.384.26

The PB harvest

27 set · 3 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 107 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

30 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.