Competitions · Japan

Kyoto Open 2019

Kyoto, Kyoto · 20 October 2019 · 5 events · 75 competitors · 59 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 1.11 seconds. 75 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) set the Square-1 average continental record: 7.09.

Four wins

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

1.11s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	7.35	7.86
4×4	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	23.74	27.94
5×5	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	48.97	54.47
3×3 one-handed	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	12.40	14.23
Square-1	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	6.67	7.09

The PB harvest

59 set · 26 still standing

Shuhei Omura (大村周平) — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) — 5×5 single 53.85: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Masahiro Hayashi (林真大) — 3×3 single 8.52: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) — 5×5 single 1:00.83: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Toui Nishida (西田拓以) — 3×3 single 10.28: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Satoshi Kodama (児玉聡) — Square-1 single 11.27: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Takumi Hagiwara (萩原拓巳) — 3×3 single 11.32: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Haruto Yamaguchi (山口遥冬) — 3×3 single 12.04: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 228 results · 5 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 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.