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Competitions · Japan

Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005

Kyoto · 10 July 2005 · 4 events · 12 competitors · 2 personal bests

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一) by 1.42 seconds. 12 competitors produced 2 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) set the 4×4 single world record: 1:00.38.

Two wins
Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) — 3×3, 4×4
1.42s
closest final — 5×5, Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一) over Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸)
2
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹)15.5516.91
2×2Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸)6.256.87
4×4Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹)1:00.381:04.97
5×5Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一)4:19.654:34.91

The PB harvest

2 set · 1 still standing

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 417 people who made their debut in 2005. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

12 competitors · 34 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

12 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.