Competitions · Japan

Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006

Osaka · 5 March 2006 · 5 events · 46 competitors · 14 personal bests

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) won two of the five events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也) by 0.17 seconds. 46 competitors produced 14 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) set the 5×5 single continental record: 1:59.13.

Two wins

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — 4×4, 5×5

0.17s

closest final — 3×3, Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也) over Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也)	16.13	18.32
2×2	Ryosuke Higo (肥後亮佑)	8.06	11.37
4×4	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:13.36	1:23.89
5×5	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:59.13	2:16.83
3×3 blindfolded	Kazuma Sasamura (篠村一磨)	4:38.67	—

The PB harvest

14 set · 3 still standing

Tomonori Kunishima (國島友紀) — 3×3 single 20.43: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.
Syoji Takamatsu (高松唱司) — 4×4 single 1:31.10: into the top 64.4% of the event's history.
Hideaki Takahashi (高橋英明) — 4×4 single 1:54.93: into the top 79.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 580 people who made their debut in 2006. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 105 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

46 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.