Competitions · Japan

Kanto Spring 2026

Ota, Tokyo · 17 May 2026 · 4 events · 110 competitors · 72 personal bests

Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) won the 3×3 with a 7.45 and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Eva Kato (加藤映葉) by 0.06 seconds. 110 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) set the Megaminx average national record: 31.61.

events decided

0.06s

closest final — Square-1, Eva Kato (加藤映葉) over Yasunari Kumekawa (粂川泰成)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)	6.00	7.45
Megaminx	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	29.36	31.61
Pyraminx	Nice Yoshida (吉田名偉主)	1.83	2.40
Square-1	Eva Kato (加藤映葉)	6.24	7.56

The PB harvest

72 set · 59 still standing

Sotaro Hayashi (林聡太朗) — Square-1 single 6.00: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Raiden Reynolds (レイノルズ頼傳) — Pyraminx single 1.81: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Harenosuke Eguchi (江口晴之丞) — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — Pyraminx single 3.34: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Taiki Harada (原田泰来) — Pyraminx single 3.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Ryota Takahashi (高橋瞭太) — Pyraminx single 3.52: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Shogo Yamamoto (山本匠悟) — 3×3 single 9.30: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Eisuke Akiyama (秋山瑛祐) — Square-1 single 9.73: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

110 competitors · 314 results · 4 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. Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) won it with a 7.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.