Competitions · Japan
Nishinomiya Open 2019
Nishinomiya, Hyogo · 20 July 2019 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 35 personal bests
Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Matty Hiroto Inaba by 0.19 seconds. 56 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Sho Nishino (西野翔) took a 4×4 single of 1:48.53 down to 53.83, 50 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 6.24 | 8.43 |
| 2×2 | Evan Mann | 2.57 | 2.80 |
| 4×4 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 27.25 | 29.36 |
| 5×5 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 46.84 | 54.69 |
| 6×6 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 1:51.39 | 1:54.06 |
| 7×7 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 2:34.92 | 2:39.52 |
The PB harvest
35 set · 14 still standing- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介) — 4×4 single 27.93: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Yu Sajima (佐島優) — 7×7 single 2:34.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Ryota Sekiya (関谷亮汰) — 3×3 single 8.87: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Masahiro Hayashi (林真大) — 7×7 single 3:15.07: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
- Shinichiro Sato (佐藤真一郎) — 6×6 single 2:10.77: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
- Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹) — 4×4 single 43.42: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
- Seita Katayama (片山誓汰) — 4×4 single 44.42: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
- Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹) — 5×5 single 1:22.79: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
16 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
56 competitors · 188 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 8.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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F2 U' D2 B' R' D' L U' L' U R2 F L2 F U2 F2 B2 U2 F L2 - 2
R2 F2 D2 R2 F L2 F L2 D' F2 D2 R' D2 U2 F2 L' F D' U - 3
U' F' B' L' U2 B' U' F2 D' R2 B' D2 F' L2 U2 D2 F' L2 U2 F2 - 4
R' L2 F U R F D' F B D2 L' U' B2 R2 B2 U' L2 U' B2 D' - 5
R2 U2 B2 D2 R B2 L F2 L D' B L2 R' D2 R' D' B' R D2 B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
56 competitors- Addison Heffernan
- Evan Mann
- Fumika Hoshino (星野史佳)
- Haruhiko Tomuro (戸室晴彦)
- Haruto Yamaguchi (山口遥冬)
- Hiroto Akaishi (赤石浩翔)
- Jan Vácha
- Justin Codner
- Kai Gorecki
- Kazuki Ojima (尾島和樹)
- Kazuki Sakamoto (坂本一樹)
- Keigo Pilette
- Keisuke Tomuro (戸室慶祐)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kenta Kabasawa (椛沢憲太)
- Kohdai Kusatani (草谷幸大)
- Koki Matsubara (松原功樹)
- Maito Okada (岡田真弦)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Masahiro Hayashi (林真大)
- Massimiliano Ayato Kondo
- Matsura Kazuho (松浦和歩)
- Matty Hiroto Inaba
- Naoki Tani (谷直輝)
- Naoki Yamamoto (山本直樹)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Ryo Momosaki (百崎怜)
- Ryota Hiraoka (平岡諒大)
- Ryota Sekiya (関谷亮汰)
- Seita Katayama (片山誓汰)
- Seiya Tsuji (辻聖也)
- Shinichiro Sato (佐藤真一郎)
- Sho Nishino (西野翔)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)
- Sota Chiba (千葉創太)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Takuma Daino (台野拓磨)
- Takumi Yokozeki (横関巧)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tenpei Oda (小田天平)
- Tomomi Ikari (五十里朋美)
- Toru Omura (大村徹)
- Toshio Hoshino (星野利夫)
- Vincent Jovian
- Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)
- Yosuke Pilette
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- Yudai Yamamoto (山本雄大)
- Yugo Lecacheur (ルカシャー勇悟)
- Yuki Hasegawa (長谷川裕己)
- Yunsu Nam (남윤수)
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)
- Yuta Takarada (寶田雄太)
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝)
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.