Competitions · Japan

Kanto Winter 2026

Ota, Tokyo · 21 February 2026 · 4 events · 110 competitors · 63 personal bests

Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) won the 3×3 with a 7.50 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) by 0.03 seconds. 110 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) set the Skewb single national record: 1.33.

events decided

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) over Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)	6.31	7.50
4×4	Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)	26.60	29.51
3×3 blindfolded	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	16.25	—
Skewb	Jihoon Ha (하지훈)	2.46	2.84

The PB harvest

63 set · 43 still standing

Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) — Skewb single 1.33: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Shoji Nishimura (西村晶司) — 4×4 single 28.76: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Jihoon Ha (하지훈) — Skewb single 2.46: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) — 4×4 single 30.20: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二) — 4×4 single 30.31: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Asa Nelson — Skewb single 2.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Taku Yanai (矢内拓) — Skewb single 3.20: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Konosuke Nishiyama (西山幸之介) — 4×4 single 37.11: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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 · 307 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 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.