Competitions · Japan

Reiwa Anniversary 2019

Adachi, Tokyo · 1 June 2019 · 6 events · 114 competitors · 80 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the 3×3 with a 7.92 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Katsuki Takahashi (高橋勝紀) by 0.27 seconds. 114 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 9:36.08 down to 4:09.21, 57 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.27s

closest final — Skewb, Katsuki Takahashi (高橋勝紀) over Ao Nogami (野上碧)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)	6.72	7.92
4×4	Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)	24.73	29.72
7×7	Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)	2:39.37	2:40.36
3×3 blindfolded	Ahsanul Insan Hamid	26.23	—
Skewb	Katsuki Takahashi (高橋勝紀)	3.33	5.81
Square-1	Tatsuya Kusanagi (草彅達也)	8.00	10.36

The PB harvest

80 set · 33 still standing

Yuya Ito (伊藤友哉) — 3×3 single 8.97: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Satoshi Kodama (児玉聡) — 3×3 single 9.17: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Kazutaka Watanabe (渡部和孝) — 4×4 single 38.09: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Katsunori Ishiguro (石黒克典) — 4×4 single 39.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Radmir Akzhigitov — 3×3 single 11.85: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Ahsanul Insan Hamid — 4×4 single 41.18: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Hideki Kadobe (角部秀樹) — 3×3 single 12.53: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Natsuki Ishizawa (石澤夏希) — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:11.23: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

114 competitors · 314 results · 6 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. Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won it with a 7.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.