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Competitions · Japan

Omiya Bigs 2018

Saitama, Saitama · 10 June 2018 · 6 events · 98 competitors · 78 personal bests

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) won three of the six events (3×3, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) by 0.01 seconds. 98 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:38.90.

Three wins
Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) — 3×3, 6×6, 7×7
0.01s
closest final — 3×3, Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) over Asato Irifune (入船朝斗)
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)7.478.68
5×5Ryo Ito (伊藤崚)1:01.911:04.89
6×6Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)1:38.901:49.37
7×7Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)2:51.522:54.29
3×3 one-handedArifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)10.1314.47
ClockKazuki Ojima (尾島和樹)6.197.08

The PB harvest

78 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

15 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

98 competitors · 289 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. Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) won it with a 8.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.