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Kawasaki Open 2008

Kawasaki · 14 January 2008 · 6 events · 26 competitors · 24 personal bests

Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) by 0.36 seconds. 26 competitors produced 24 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔) set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 20.69.

Two wins
Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) — 3×3, 4×4
0.36s
closest final — 3×3, Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) over Yu Nakajima (中島悠)
24
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)9.7512.30
2×2Shuhei Omura (大村周平)3.714.60
4×4Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)1:01.951:03.46
5×5Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)1:34.681:39.17
3×3 blindfoldedYuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)3:41.06
3×3 one-handedKeisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔)19.1620.69

The PB harvest

24 set · 1 still standing

First-timers

Four 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 56 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

26 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.