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Competitions · Japan

Kyoto Open 2018

Kamigyouku, Kyouto · 12 May 2018 · 6 events · 40 competitors · 26 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) by 0.22 seconds. 40 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) set the Square-1 single national record: 7.48.

Two wins
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 5×5
0.22s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) over Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
26
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)6.858.35
5×5Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)52.9758.17
7×7Raphaël Pihet3:11.493:18.42
3×3 one-handedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)13.2114.04
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)1.883.01
Square-1Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)7.488.45

The PB harvest

26 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 149 results · 6 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. Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won it with a 8.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.