Competitions · Japan

Katano Milky Way 2024

Katano, Osaka · 7 July 2024 · 4 events · 227 competitors · 91 personal bests

Amey Gaba won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) by 0.41 seconds. 227 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 105 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.34.

Two wins

Amey Gaba — 3×3, 4×4

0.41s

closest final — Pyraminx, Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) over Takahiro Aoki (青木尊弘)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Amey Gaba	6.67	7.05
4×4	Amey Gaba	25.55	26.64
Pyraminx	Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔)	1.34	1.82
Square-1	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	7.34	8.25

The PB harvest

91 set · 42 still standing

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — Pyraminx single 1.84: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
Jin Mochizuki (望月仁) — Pyraminx single 2.37: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Keisuke Okubo (大久保圭介) — 3×3 single 7.90: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) — 4×4 single 31.10: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jun Sasagawa (笹川純) — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大) — Pyraminx single 3.34: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Yunsu Nam (남윤수) — 4×4 single 33.52: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Masaki Shinagawa (品川将輝) — 3×3 single 9.28: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

105 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

227 competitors · 433 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. Amey Gaba won it with a 7.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

227 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.