Competitions · Japan

Osaka Open 2008

Osaka · 29 March 2008 · 9 events · 64 competitors · 49 personal bests

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, Master Magic) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) by 0.00 seconds. 64 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) set the 5×5 single world record: 1:27.43.

Three wins

Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — 4×4, 5×5, Master Magic

0.00s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) over Takumi Yoshida (吉田匠)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	10.46	11.33
2×2	Shuhei Omura (大村周平)	2.09	4.07
4×4	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:00.88	1:02.51
5×5	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	1:27.43	1:35.04
3×3 blindfolded	Ryosuke Mondo (門戸良介)	1:22.88	—
3×3 one-handed	Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)	18.28	21.82
Pyraminx	Yohei Oka (岡要平)	4.61	6.01
Magic	Tatsuya Ookubo (大久保達也)	1.13	1.38
Master Magic	Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)	3.31	3.56

The PB harvest

49 set · 12 still standing

Tatsuya Hashimoto (橋本達哉) — 3×3 single 13.80: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
Shuichi Kuroiwa (黒岩秀一) — Pyraminx single 6.06: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
Tom Hasegawa (長谷川透夢) — 3×3 single 15.03: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
Tatsuya Hashimoto (橋本達哉) — Pyraminx single 7.50: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
Yohei Kanno (菅野洋平) — 3×3 single 18.98: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
Gilles van den Peereboom — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:20.15: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.
Takashi Maruno (丸野孝) — 3×3 single 20.47: into the top 41.3% of the event's history.
Yuusuke Koike (小池雄介) — 3×3 single 20.47: into the top 41.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 209 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

64 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.