Competitions · Japan
Kansai Open 2016
Osaka · 19 March 2016 · 18 events · 73 competitors · 76 personal bests
Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) won three of the 18 events (2×2, Pyraminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) by 0.20 seconds. 73 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 8.86 | 9.32 |
| 2×2 | Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) | 2.15 | 2.55 |
| 4×4 | Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) | 27.53 | 33.38 |
| 5×5 | Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) | 1:00.80 | 1:03.80 |
| 6×6 | Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) | 2:15.77 | 2:23.20 |
| 7×7 | Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) | 3:23.09 | 3:27.94 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) | 34.56 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) | 25 moves | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 13.34 | 15.53 |
| Clock | Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二) | 8.00 | 9.42 |
| Megaminx | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 57.21 | 1:00.96 |
| Pyraminx | Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) | 2.86 | 4.04 |
| Skewb | Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) | 2.86 | 4.43 |
| Square-1 | Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) | 12.15 | 13.33 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Kou Oobatake (大畠功) | 10:21.00 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | 11:28.00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) | 15 of 15 cubes · 57:45 | — |
| 3×3 with feet | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 38.27 | 41.07 |
The PB harvest
76 set · 18 still standing- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) — 4×4 single 27.53: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
- Shoichi Ishikawa (石川翔一) — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
- Keishi Takemura (竹村啓志) — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
- Atsuki Harada (原田淳生) — 3×3 single 12.65: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二) — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
- Shosuke Tsuji (辻捷右) — 3×3 single 13.90: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
- Tareq Alkhaldi — 3×3 single 16.08: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
- Takuya Minami (南拓也) — 3×3 single 16.46: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
7 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
73 competitors · 363 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 9.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D2 L' U2 B2 R' U2 L D2 U2 B L R' B' L2 B' L R' U F' - 2
U' B2 U' F2 D2 B2 R2 B2 R' B2 L B F' D L' B F2 U F' U2 - 3
L2 B R F2 U B' R' F' R L' U F B D2 R2 D2 F' L2 F - 4
R' L U R2 U R B2 D2 B' R2 B2 U2 D F2 B2 U' R2 L2 - 5
U R2 D' L2 R2 F2 U' L2 D2 L B F2 L U2 R2 F2 D B L
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
73 competitors- Akira Kurata (倉田旦)
- Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)
- Asami Shiota (塩田朝未)
- Atsuki Harada (原田淳生)
- Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)
- Chong-Cheng Wang (汪忠正)
- Ghyda Alkhaldi
- Haruo Aoki (青木治雄)
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Jin Mochizuki (望月仁)
- Kaito Mori (森海斗)
- Katsuki Takahashi (高橋勝紀)
- Kazuhito Okamoto (岡本一人)
- Keishi Takemura (竹村啓志)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kentaro Kurosawa (黒澤賢太郎)
- Koji Ito (伊藤滉二)
- Kosei Takaoka (高岡洸成)
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Masahiro Yamakita (山北真大)
- Masaki Kouno (河野雅貴)
- Megumi Hattori (服部恵美)
- Michitaro Nakajima (中嶋道太郎)
- Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹)
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子)
- Naruki Hagiwara (萩原成基)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Rin Taniguchi (谷口凜)
- Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Satoshi Kodama (児玉聡)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Shoichi Ishikawa (石川翔一)
- Shosuke Tsuji (辻捷右)
- Shotaro Kudo (工藤正太郎)
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Syougo Kamo (加茂翔吾)
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)
- Taiki Kobayashi (小林大輝)
- Taisho Hayashi (林大翔)
- Takayuki Ida (井田貴之)
- 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)
- Takuya Minami (南拓也)
- Tareq Alkhaldi
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tatsuya Tsukamoto (塚本達也)
- Teppei Kadono (門野鉄平)
- Tomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭)
- Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)
- Tomoya Yamashita (山下智也)
- Wakato Takemura (竹村和佳人)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yu Araki (荒木由布)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)
- Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)
- Yuta Okada (岡田雄太)
- Yuto Mitsui (三井雄登)
- Yuto Ota (太田優斗)
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝)
- Yuuki Oshida (押田侑希)
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.