Competitions · Japan

Kawasaki Open 2013

Kawasaki · 5 May 2013 · 3 events · 42 competitors · 15 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won two of the three events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yu Nakajima (中島悠) by 0.14 seconds. 42 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gen Okamoto (岡本元) took a 2×2 single of 35.72 down to 10.22, 71 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 2×2

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Yu Nakajima (中島悠) over Yu Sajima (佐島優)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	7.83	10.05
2×2	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	1.46	3.15
3×3 blindfolded	Yuta Okada (岡田雄太)	1:59.81	—

The PB harvest

15 set · 4 still standing

Motonori Inogai (猪貝基宣) — 3×3 single 10.97: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Shunsuke Uchiyama (内山峻輔) — 3×3 single 12.05: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Shun Matsufuji (松藤舜) — 2×2 single 7.03: into the top 60.7% of the event's history.
Mitsuko Tomoyori (友寄光子) — 3×3 single 1:08.81: into the top 94.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. 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

42 competitors · 77 results · 3 events.

Everyone who competed

42 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.