Competitions · Japan

Kansai Open 2012

Kyoto · 24 March 2012 · 16 events · 79 competitors · 114 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won four of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也) by 0.01 seconds. 79 competitors produced 114 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 52.16.

Four wins

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — Magic, Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也) over Yoshiaki Hirayama (平山善章)

114

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	10.03	11.19
2×2	Shinichiro Sato (佐藤真一郎)	3.40	3.94
4×4	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	33.68	38.38
5×5	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	1:04.19	1:09.07
6×6	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	2:16.28	2:31.96
7×7	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	4:16.38	4:26.52
3×3 blindfolded	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	52.16	—
3×3 one-handed	Shuhei Omura (大村周平)	15.03	17.30
Clock	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	7.83	8.16
Megaminx	Takumi Yoshida (吉田匠)	1:08.06	1:12.50
Pyraminx	Yohei Oka (岡要平)	3.27	3.65
Square-1	Kazuhito Iimura (飯村数人)	11.22	19.57
5×5 blindfolded	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	22:00.00	—
3×3 with feet	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	45.74	51.92
Magic	Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也)	1.22	1.27
Master Magic	Yoshiaki Hirayama (平山善章)	2.53	2.70

The PB harvest

114 set · 40 still standing

Yohei Oka (岡要平) — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Takumi Yoshida (吉田匠) — Pyraminx single 3.31: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Kohta Matsumoto (松本滉太) — 3×3 single 9.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Atsushi Yazawa (矢澤篤) — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Takuma Akutsu (阿久津拓真) — Pyraminx single 4.77: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Masahiro Daidai (大代真広) — 3×3 single 11.77: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Kenta Ohno (大野健太) — 3×3 single 12.81: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Daiziro Sato (佐藤大二郎) — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

79 competitors · 500 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

79 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.