Competitions · Japan

Otsu Biwako Spring 2026

Otsu, Shiga · 11 April 2026 · 4 events · 68 competitors · 31 personal bests

Levi Eyou won two of the four events (Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Levi Eyou by 0.02 seconds. 68 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規) took a Skewb single of 2.89 down to 2.13, 26 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Levi Eyou — Clock, Pyraminx

0.02s

closest final — Clock, Levi Eyou over Shoi Hamaguchi (濱口翔偉)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)	6.44	6.97
Clock	Levi Eyou	4.43	4.92
Pyraminx	Levi Eyou	1.41	2.10
Skewb	Shunya Ishikawa (石川隼也)	1.49	2.28

The PB harvest

31 set · 27 still standing

Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規) — Skewb single 2.13: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Yanqing Hu (胡雁清) — Pyraminx single 2.46: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Soh Hasegawa (長谷川蒼) — 3×3 single 8.24: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — Skewb single 2.62: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Shunya Ishikawa (石川隼也) — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Tomoki Moriyama (森山智樹) — Skewb single 3.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二) — Clock single 5.74: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) — Clock single 5.76: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

68 competitors · 208 results · 4 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. Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) won it with a 6.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.