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Osaka Open 2009

Osaka · 28 March 2009 · 8 events · 74 competitors · 78 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won four of the eight events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Yohei Oka (岡要平) by 0.06 seconds. 74 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 7×7 single world record: 3:47.36.

Four wins
Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.06s
closest final — Magic, Yohei Oka (岡要平) over Shota Ihara (井原奨太)
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)9.1910.83
2×2Junya Tomita (富田純也)3.754.45
4×4Shuhei Omura (大村周平)46.3648.01
5×5Yu Nakajima (中島悠)1:16.411:23.75
6×6Yu Nakajima (中島悠)2:48.943:03.72
7×7Yu Nakajima (中島悠)3:47.364:01.73
MegaminxYu Nakajima (中島悠)1:00.931:08.70
MagicYohei Oka (岡要平)1.111.23

The PB harvest

78 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,600 people who made their debut in 2009. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 238 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

74 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.