Competitions · Japan

Kansai Odd and BLD 2025

Daito, Osaka · 15 June 2025 · 7 events · 196 competitors · 120 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won two of the seven events (5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ao Nogami (野上碧) by 0.05 seconds. 196 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ao Nogami (野上碧) set the 5×5 single national record: 42.88.

Two wins

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 5×5, 7×7

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Ao Nogami (野上碧) over Sora Sato

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ao Nogami (野上碧)	5.78	6.82
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	42.91	43.72
7×7	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	2:11.09	2:13.44
3×3 blindfolded	Jeff Park	15.91	—
4×4 blindfolded	Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登)	2:30.38	2:37.75
5×5 blindfolded	Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登)	4:51.25	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	51 of 59 cubes · 58:47	—

The PB harvest

120 set · 46 still standing

Shu Ogawa (小川柊) — 3×3 single 5.90: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志) — 3×3 single 7.09: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Takuma Mizuno (水野大久真) — 3×3 blindfolded single 20.83: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Naoki Tani (谷直輝) — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Arata Sato (佐藤新) — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ray Honeyman (ハニマン礼) — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登) — 5×5 blindfolded single 4:51.25: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Ryota Yamashita (山下椋大) — 3×3 single 8.54: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

196 competitors · 650 results · 7 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. Ao Nogami (野上碧) won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

196 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.