Competitions · Japan

Ota Autumn 2025

Ota, Tokyo · 8 November 2025 · 3 events · 72 competitors · 31 personal bests

Shu Ogawa (小川柊) won the 3×3 with a 7.48 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shu Ogawa (小川柊) by 0.02 seconds. 72 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yi Ren (任逸) took a Skewb single of 19.01 down to 7.72, 59 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Shu Ogawa (小川柊) over Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shu Ogawa (小川柊)	6.36	7.48
Pyraminx	Nice Yoshida (吉田名偉主)	1.83	2.85
Skewb	Shunya Ishikawa (石川隼也)	1.87	2.55

The PB harvest

31 set · 22 still standing

Raiden Reynolds (レイノルズ頼傳) — 3×3 single 6.88: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Shoji Nishimura (西村晶司) — 3×3 single 7.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Go Nakamura (中村豪) — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Shunya Ishikawa (石川隼也) — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Kota Aruga (有賀晃太) — 3×3 single 8.67: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Raiden Reynolds (レイノルズ頼傳) — Skewb single 3.13: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Sota Nakamura (中村荘太) — Pyraminx single 3.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Tomoki Iwanami (岩波知希) — 3×3 single 9.75: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

72 competitors · 241 results · 3 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. Shu Ogawa (小川柊) won it with a 7.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.