Competitions · Japan

Kashiwa Open 2008

Kashiwa · 5 May 2008 · 3 events · 71 competitors · 28 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won the 3×3 with a 11.75 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) by 0.63 seconds. 71 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 3×3 single world record: 8.72.

events decided

0.63s

closest final — Clock, Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) over Hiroto Ueda (上田浩登)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	8.72	11.75
3×3 blindfolded	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	1:14.65	—
Clock	Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)	9.06	11.24

The PB harvest

28 set · 12 still standing

Masato Chida (千田雅人) — 3×3 single 13.11: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) — Clock single 9.06: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
Nobuhiro Kinjo (金城亘洋) — 3×3 single 14.25: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
Satoshi Ohtsuka (大塚聡) — 3×3 single 15.08: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
Teruki Miyazaki (宮崎輝樹) — 3×3 single 19.63: into the top 38.9% of the event's history.
Yumiko Murakami (村上由美子) — 3×3 single 25.40: into the top 53.5% of the event's history.
Junko Ootsu (大津順子) — Clock single 16.88: into the top 55.1% of the event's history.
Katsuto Takeuchi (武内克斗) — 3×3 single 27.83: into the top 58.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 133 results · 3 events.

Everyone who competed

71 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.