Competitions · Japan
Kyushu Open 2015
Fukuoka · 27 December 2015 · 8 events · 30 competitors · 42 personal bests
Shuhei Omura (大村周平) won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Keisuke Kida (喜田圭祐) by 0.10 seconds. 30 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Tomoya Firman took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 2:21.41 down to 1:23.18, 41 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Shuhei Omura (大村周平) | 8.69 | 9.66 |
| 2×2 | Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) | 2.41 | 3.19 |
| 4×4 | Shuhei Omura (大村周平) | 33.53 | 39.46 |
| 5×5 | Shuhei Omura (大村周平) | 1:01.43 | 1:07.69 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Taku Yanai (矢内拓) | 29.72 | — |
| Clock | Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二) | 8.33 | 9.21 |
| Pyraminx | Keisuke Kida (喜田圭祐) | 4.88 | 5.86 |
| Square-1 | Kou Oobatake (大畠功) | 12.33 | 15.88 |
The PB harvest
42 set · 17 still standing- Tatsuya Ookubo (大久保達也) — 4×4 single 39.05: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二) — Pyraminx single 5.47: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
- Shotaro Kudo (工藤正太郎) — 4×4 single 44.46: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
- Taiji Oota (太田泰二) — 3×3 single 13.30: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
- Kiyotaka Anraku (安楽清敬) — 3×3 single 13.44: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
- Kotaro Nakakuma (中隈昂太郎) — 2×2 single 4.25: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
- Kiyotaka Anraku (安楽清敬) — 2×2 single 4.56: into the top 33.7% of the event's history.
- Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也) — Clock single 12.09: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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
30 competitors · 160 results · 8 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. Shuhei Omura (大村周平) won it with a 9.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R' F2 L F2 D' B2 D2 F2 R2 U' R U2 B' D2 R2 L2 F2 B - 2
D R' F' U' R B D' F2 B' U2 L' F' L2 F' R2 D2 B R2 - 3
F2 D L2 B2 F2 U B2 F2 D U2 F D' F2 R' F2 L R U' R D - 4
D U L2 U2 L2 B2 D2 U' L U2 B2 D L F2 L B D' B2 F2 - 5
L U2 B2 L' U2 L' F2 R D' R' F2 L2 F L U R2 D' L
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
30 competitors- Akihito Ogimoto (荻本章人)
- Keisuke Kida (喜田圭祐)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kiyotaka Anraku (安楽清敬)
- Kotaro Nakakuma (中隈昂太郎)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Masaki Kouno (河野雅貴)
- Naoko Ogino (荻野奈緒子)
- Rintaro Miyazaki (宮崎倫太郎)
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二)
- Seigo Fukushima (福島勢吾)
- Shinichi Ono (小野伸一)
- Shotaro Kudo (工藤正太郎)
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平)
- Shunsuke Okuyama (奥山駿介)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Taiji Oota (太田泰二)
- Takahiro Tomisawa (富沢隆広)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takeshi Ito (伊藤健)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Takuya Furukawa (古河拓也)
- Tatsuya Ookubo (大久保達也)
- Tatsuya Tsukamoto (塚本達也)
- Tomoya Firman
- Toru Morooka (諸岡徹)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yoshiki Chinen (知念良樹)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuto Hayaki (早木悠斗)
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.