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Kansai Star Festival 2012

Osaka · 7 July 2012 · 4 events · 49 competitors · 26 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won two of the four events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yu Nakajima (中島悠) by 1.44 seconds. 49 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 4×4 single continental record: 30.33.

Two wins
Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 5×5
1.44s
closest final — 3×3, Yu Nakajima (中島悠) over Yohei Oka (岡要平)
26
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Nakajima (中島悠)8.6510.44
4×4Yu Sajima (佐島優)37.0337.69
5×5Yu Nakajima (中島悠)56.081:03.06
Square-1Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)21.5825.76

The PB harvest

26 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 165 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

49 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.