Competitions · Japan

Kansai Open 2019

Osaka · 20 April 2019 · 18 events · 120 competitors · 131 personal bests

Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) won three of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) by 0.02 seconds. 120 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) set the Square-1 average continental record: 7.67.

Three wins

Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) over Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)	6.99	8.58
2×2	Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)	1.23	2.05
4×4	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	27.80	30.85
5×5	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	51.09	53.39
6×6	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	1:59.83	2:02.47
7×7	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	2:30.16	2:40.15
3×3 blindfolded	Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)	33.59	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)	24 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	11.90	12.78
Clock	Ryota Aoki (青木涼太)	6.00	6.43
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	42.10	44.37
Pyraminx	Minato Imai (今井港)	2.07	4.29
Skewb	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	2.23	3.54
Square-1	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	6.55	7.67
4×4 blindfolded	Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)	2:37.44	—
5×5 blindfolded	Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)	6:06.86	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登)	31 of 36 cubes · 58:04	—
3×3 with feet	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	23.72	30.17

The PB harvest

131 set · 44 still standing

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) — 3×3 single 5.89: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — 3×3 with feet single 23.72: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) — 3×3 one-handed single 10.00: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Yu Sajima (佐島優) — 5×5 single 48.58: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ryota Aoki (青木涼太) — Square-1 single 7.24: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Hiroto Fujita (藤田浩斗) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.06: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

120 competitors · 545 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. Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人) won it with a 8.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.