Competitions · Japan

Kanto Summer 2026

Ota, Tokyo · 29 August 2026 · 3 events · 106 competitors · 38 personal bests

Ao Nogami (野上碧) won the 3×3 with a 6.90 and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Takumi Kato (加藤匠) by 0.16 seconds. 106 competitors produced 38 personal bests, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Haruaki Tamura (田村春明) took a 3×3 single of 25.48 down to 14.77, 42 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.16s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Takumi Kato (加藤匠) over Ao Nogami (野上碧)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ao Nogami (野上碧)	5.20	6.90
3×3 one-handed	Takumi Kato (加藤匠)	8.28	9.96
Square-1	Eva Kato (加藤映葉)	6.86	8.56

The PB harvest

38 set · 38 still standing

Masaya Nakamoto (中本誠也) — 3×3 one-handed single 8.96: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.12: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Jin Kimura (木村仁) — 3×3 single 6.18: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Xuan Liu (刘璇) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.44: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Harunosuke Yoshida (吉田陽之丞) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.80: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Ryota Yuzawa (湯澤亮太) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.01: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Yuiki Yoneyama (米山結絆) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.63: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Mitsuki Hoshino (星野光希) — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

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

The field

106 competitors · 325 results · 3 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. Ao Nogami (野上碧) won it with a 6.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.