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Competitions · Japan

Kanto Summer PM 2025

Ota, Tokyo · 30 August 2025 · 2 events · 75 competitors · 24 personal bests

Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介) won the 3×3 with a 7.28 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介) by 0.10 seconds. 75 competitors produced 24 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Trần Anh Sơn took a 5×5 single of 1:38.17 down to 1:04.10, 35 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介) over Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
24
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介)6.807.28
5×5Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)40.7645.18

The PB harvest

24 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

75 competitors · 155 results · 2 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. Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介) won it with a 7.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.