Competitions · Japan
Kansai Open 2018
Osaka · 31 March 2018 · 18 events · 78 competitors · 82 personal bests
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the 18 events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) by 0.05 seconds. 78 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 7.36 | 8.99 |
| 2×2 | Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) | 1.89 | 2.12 |
| 4×4 | Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) | 29.05 | 33.37 |
| 5×5 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 53.91 | 58.57 |
| 6×6 | Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) | 2:02.39 | 2:10.62 |
| 7×7 | Kazuki Sakamoto (坂本一樹) | 3:01.86 | 3:05.62 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) | 23.69 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Asato Irifune (入船朝斗) | 29 moves | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 15.13 | 15.53 |
| Clock | Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) | 8.90 | 10.11 |
| Megaminx | Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) | 48.54 | 50.13 |
| Pyraminx | Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) | 3.03 | 3.37 |
| Skewb | Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) | 3.99 | 4.80 |
| Square-1 | Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) | 9.21 | 9.34 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) | 5:33.08 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) | 6:58.19 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登) | 27 of 30 cubes · 59:48 | — |
| 3×3 with feet | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 32.46 | 42.12 |
The PB harvest
82 set · 24 still standing- Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
- Raphaël Pihet — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
- Katsunori Ishiguro (石黒克典) — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗) — 3×3 single 10.39: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- Katsunori Ishiguro (石黒克典) — 5×5 single 1:09.49: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
- Raphaël Pihet — Square-1 single 14.61: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎) — 5×5 single 1:16.74: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
- Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) — Square-1 single 16.30: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
6 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
78 competitors · 362 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 8.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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R F2 L' F2 R2 D2 L' U2 R2 B' L' D' L' U' L' R2 D B L2 - 2
L' B2 L' D2 R' D2 U2 R U2 R2 U L2 R U' F2 L' B L2 D F' - 3
L U2 F2 U2 B2 F2 L B2 U L R2 U2 R F2 D F L B2 L - 4
R2 B' R2 F2 U2 B' L2 B' U2 R' B' L B D B' U2 F R' B' F2 - 5
B' D2 F2 L2 U2 L2 U2 F' L2 U' L' B' L' D2 F' L2 D' F' U2 L'
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solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
78 competitors- Asato Irifune (入船朝斗)
- Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)
- Bryan De Los Santos Rivero
- Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫)
- Daiki Hatakeyama (畠山大輝)
- Damien Hsieh Man Ho (謝旻澔)
- Gentato Morimoto (森本弦太朗)
- Hidetaka Inagaki (稲垣秀梢)
- Hui Shen (沈卉)
- Jin Mochizuki (望月仁)
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎)
- Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)
- Katsunori Ishiguro (石黒克典)
- Katsuya Sasaki (佐々木克哉)
- Kazue Kobayashi (小林和惠)
- Kazuhito Okamoto (岡本一人)
- Kazuki Ojima (尾島和樹)
- Kazuki Sakamoto (坂本一樹)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kenya Nomura (野村絢也)
- Kodai Arimitsu (有光昂大)
- Kohei Abe (阿部航平)
- Koki Otani (大谷洸稀)
- Kosei Takaoka (高岡洸成)
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Masahiro Fujita (藤田政広)
- Masaya Kobayashi (小林雅也)
- Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
- Mikage Adachi (安達美景)
- Minato Imai (今井港)
- Naoki Sakamoto (坂本直樹)
- Naoki Tani (谷直輝)
- Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登)
- Naoto Takase (髙瀬直土)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Rikuto Daido
- Ryota Aoki (青木涼太)
- Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Seiya Tsuji (辻聖也)
- Shinji Mochizuki (望月真司)
- Shuji Taniguchi (谷口修司)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)
- Soichiro Ishimaru (石丸漱一郎)
- Soichiro Toyota (豊田颯一郎)
- Soichiro Yagura (矢倉壮一郎)
- Syougo Kamo (加茂翔吾)
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)
- Takafumi Sakakibara (榊原隆文)
- Takashi Takaoka (高岡孝)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tatsuya Tsukamoto (塚本達也)
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
- Tomoki Kawai (川井智貴)
- Tomoki Moriyama (森山智樹)
- Toru Morooka (諸岡徹)
- Toshimitsu Oe (大江利光)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二)
- Yoshio Matsumoto (松本嘉夫)
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- 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 Imoya (芋谷 悠大)
- Yuto Iwata (岩田 悠豊)
- Yuya Tanaka
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.