Competitions · Japan
Machida Open 2007
Machida · 28 January 2007 · 3 events · 19 competitors · 20 personal bests
Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史) won two of the three events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也) by 1.23 seconds. 19 competitors produced 20 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Wu Longquan (呉 龍権) took a 3×3 single of 1:03.46 down to 21.80, 66 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也) | 14.79 | 16.46 |
| 4×4 | Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史) | 1:05.90 | 1:12.62 |
| 5×5 | Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史) | 2:11.05 | 2:21.39 |
The PB harvest
20 set · 5 still standing- Kaoru Maeda (前田薫) — 3×3 single 19.34: into the top 38.1% of the event's history.
- Aya Kataoka (片岡彩) — 3×3 single 21.49: into the top 44.1% of the event's history.
- Wu Longquan (呉 龍権) — 3×3 single 21.80: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.
- Ryota Nakahara (中原良太) — 4×4 single 1:29.73: into the top 63.4% of the event's history.
- Aya Kataoka (片岡彩) — 4×4 single 1:45.92: into the top 74.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 1,014 people who made their debut in 2007. 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
19 competitors · 54 results · 3 events.
Everyone who competed
19 competitors- Atsushi Yazawa (矢澤篤)
- Aya Kataoka (片岡彩)
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)
- Hirohisa Matsushita (松下泰久)
- Hiroki Akiyama (秋山弘樹)
- Hiroto Ueda (上田浩登)
- Junko Ootsu (大津順子)
- Kaoru Maeda (前田薫)
- Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也)
- Keisuke Shimura (志村圭介)
- Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎)
- Ryota Nakahara (中原良太)
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平)
- Wu Longquan (呉 龍権)
- Yohei Okada (岡田洋平)
- Yoshiki Yumoto (湯本美貴)
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)
- Yumao Feng (馮於懋)
- Yumiko Murakami (村上由美子)
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.