Competitions · Japan
Kansai Open 2015
Osaka · 28 March 2015 · 18 events · 69 competitors · 75 personal bests
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won three of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) by 0.04 seconds. 69 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 6.81 | 8.96 |
| 2×2 | Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) | 1.50 | 2.83 |
| 4×4 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 30.13 | 35.03 |
| 5×5 | Yu Nakajima (中島悠) | 58.58 | 1:04.29 |
| 6×6 | Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) | 2:09.06 | 2:18.99 |
| 7×7 | Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) | 3:21.81 | 3:25.24 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | 29.43 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Yuki Tanaka (田中悠樹) | 28 moves | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 12.30 | 14.33 |
| Clock | Wataru Hashimura (端村航) | 9.22 | 9.53 |
| Megaminx | Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) | 56.27 | 1:03.77 |
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 2.27 | 3.40 |
| Skewb | Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) | 5.36 | 6.53 |
| Square-1 | Kou Oobatake (大畠功) | 13.86 | 15.33 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之) | 4:02.77 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | 13:00.00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之) | 16 of 18 cubes · 48:30 | — |
| 3×3 with feet | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 36.02 | 40.89 |
The PB harvest
75 set · 15 still standing- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) — 3×3 single 7.59: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
- Raphaël Pihet — 4×4 single 34.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
- Keita Nomura (野村啓太) — 4×4 single 34.81: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) — Megaminx single 56.27: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
- Ryosuke Higo (肥後亮佑) — 5×5 single 1:06.22: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功) — 3×3 blindfolded single 55.90: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
- Taihei Okamoto (岡本泰平) — Square-1 single 13.13: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — 4×4 single 42.22: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
5 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
69 competitors · 399 results · 18 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. Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won it with a 8.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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F' R' B' L2 B' L U F2 B' L D2 B2 U2 L2 U2 D2 B2 R - 2
R2 B2 D2 B2 D2 R2 D R' U F' D L U2 F2 D2 U' F' R' D2 - 3
D F2 D U F2 D2 B2 F' R2 B D L R F D2 B2 L R2 U' - 4
F R2 B' R2 B' L2 B D2 U2 R2 F' U L U B D' F2 R D - 5
U2 F' U2 F R2 B F L2 R' D F L2 R U2 L D2 B D2 R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
69 competitors- Akimi Hara (原明海)
- Akira Kurata (倉田旦)
- Asami Shiota (塩田朝未)
- Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)
- Bhanu Victor DiCara
- Damien Donatello DiCara
- Elliot Sherrow
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Hiroto Fujita (藤田浩斗)
- Jin Mochizuki (望月仁)
- Kazuhito Okamoto (岡本一人)
- Keita Nomura (野村啓太)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kentaro Kurosawa (黒澤賢太郎)
- Kim Sang Hyun
- Koji Ito (伊藤滉二)
- Kosuke Watarai (渡會康介)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Kouichi Mitsui (三ツ井洸一)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Matthew Girod
- Mika Muranushi (村主美佳)
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Rituraj Sohoni
- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平)
- Ryosuke Higo (肥後亮佑)
- Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sanae Omyo (大名佐苗)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Shinichi Suzuki (鈴木信一)
- Shota Morihara (森原将太)
- Shotaro Kudo (工藤正太郎)
- Shouichi Yasumoto (安本翔一)
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (中村駿佑)
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Suguru Imazeki (今関俊)
- Taihei Okamoto (岡本泰平)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Takeshi Ito (伊藤健)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tatsuya Tsukamoto (塚本達也)
- Tetsuya Morihara (森原徹也)
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
- Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)
- Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之)
- Toshiki Yasui (安井聡城)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yohito Katanabe (片鍋誉都)
- Yu Nakajima (中島悠)
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)
- Yuki Tanaka (田中悠樹)
- Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)
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.