Competitions · Japan

Ota Blind Winter 2022

Ota, Tokyo · 18 December 2022 · 3 events · 32 competitors · 5 personal bests

Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太) won two of the three events (4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded). 32 competitors produced 5 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Nguyen Dao Quoc Anh set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 10:50.00.

Two wins

Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太) — 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
4×4 blindfolded	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	2:30.61	—
5×5 blindfolded	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	5:33.46	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Toma Kishimoto (岸本到馬)	23 of 29 cubes · 1:00:02	—

The PB harvest

5 set · 3 still standing

Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之) — 5×5 blindfolded single 9:16.43: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太) — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 15 of 21 cubes · 44:40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Keiichiro Taira (平佳一郎) — 5×5 blindfolded single 18:20.00: into the top 53.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 65 results · 3 events.

Everyone who competed

32 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.