Competitions · Japan

Kansai Star Festival 2013

Osaka · 7 July 2013 · 5 events · 36 competitors · 26 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won five of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 1.24 seconds. 36 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kazuki Oda (尾田一輝) took a 2×2 single of 13.90 down to 6.80, 51 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx

1.24s

closest final — 2×2, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Raphaël Pihet

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	8.65	9.23
2×2	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	2.31	2.85
5×5	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	1:04.16	1:12.89
3×3 blindfolded	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	1:34.88	—
Megaminx	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	59.41	1:06.85

The PB harvest

26 set · 6 still standing

Wataru Hashimura (端村航) — 3×3 single 6.56: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) — Megaminx single 1:36.43: into the top 32.3% of the event's history.
Takayuki Ida (井田貴之) — 3×3 single 24.22: into the top 50.9% of the event's history.
Jin Mochizuki (望月仁) — 5×5 single 2:06.63: into the top 53.4% of the event's history.
Takuro Kawamoto (川本琢朗) — 5×5 single 2:08.56: into the top 54.6% of the event's history.
Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平) — Megaminx single 2:45.00: into the top 68.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

36 competitors · 142 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

36 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.