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Competitions · Japan

Kyotanabe Open 2011

Kyotanabe · 19 November 2011 · 5 events · 31 competitors · 19 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也) by 0.64 seconds. 31 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yohei Oka (岡要平) set the Pyraminx average world record: 3.39.

Three wins
Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.64s
closest final — 2×2, Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也) over Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
19
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Nakajima (中島悠)8.5810.40
2×2Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也)3.814.75
4×4Yu Nakajima (中島悠)31.3037.99
5×5Yu Nakajima (中島悠)58.861:08.56
PyraminxYohei Oka (岡要平)2.753.39

The PB harvest

19 set · 1 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

31 competitors · 107 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

31 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.