Competitions · Japan

Kansai Summer 2017

Kamigyouku, Kyouto · 16 July 2017 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 42 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won three of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 0.58 seconds. 70 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) set the Square-1 average national record: 11.37.

Three wins

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.58s

closest final — 3×3, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	8.23	9.18
5×5	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	59.90	1:01.61
7×7	Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)	2:45.70	2:55.00
3×3 blindfolded	Yuta Okada (岡田雄太)	54.59	—
3×3 one-handed	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	11.76	13.55
Square-1	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	10.74	11.37

The PB harvest

42 set · 11 still standing

Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) — Square-1 single 11.05: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登) — 3×3 single 12.63: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Wataru Hashimura (端村航) — 7×7 single 3:25.16: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら) — 3×3 single 16.91: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.
Masashi Ueda (植田真史) — 3×3 single 22.91: into the top 47.7% of the event's history.
Nowa Kuriwaki (栗脇伸和) — 3×3 single 23.53: into the top 49.2% of the event's history.
Arisa Sato (佐藤有紗) — 3×3 single 29.70: into the top 62.0% of the event's history.
Koichiro Oka (岡孝一郎) — 3×3 single 36.55: into the top 72.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 193 results · 6 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 9.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.