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Competitions · Japan

Kansai Open 2017

Osaka · 19 March 2017 · 18 events · 88 competitors · 91 personal bests

Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) won four of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) by 0.09 seconds. 88 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:50.72.

Four wins
Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.09s
closest final — 4×4, Ryo Ito (伊藤崚) over Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
91
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)7.208.97
2×2Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)1.511.88
4×4Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)31.8532.89
5×5Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)54.991:03.37
6×6Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)1:50.722:02.08
7×7Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)3:03.043:12.24
3×3 blindfoldedYuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)27.04
3×3 Fewest MovesYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)28 moves
3×3 one-handedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)8.7213.42
ClockNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)7.117.50
MegaminxTakahiro Tomisawa (富沢隆広)56.201:00.97
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)2.743.27
SkewbMakoto Takaoka (高岡誠)3.434.76
Square-1Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)10.5911.49
4×4 blindfoldedYuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)5:28.88
5×5 blindfoldedYuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)12:50.00
3×3 Multi-BlindYuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)23 of 25 cubes · 57:29
3×3 with feetYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)35.5937.66

The PB harvest

91 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

88 competitors · 388 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 8.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.