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Competitions · Japan

Saitama 2018

Saitama, Saitama · 11 November 2018 · 6 events · 72 competitors · 67 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the 3×3 with a 8.25 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) by 0.21 seconds. 72 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠) set the Square-1 average continental record: 7.74.

6
events decided
0.21s
closest final — 3×3, Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) over Asato Irifune (入船朝斗)
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)5.718.25
7×7Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)2:53.452:56.99
3×3 blindfoldedAhsanul Insan Hamid37.84
MegaminxMasayuki Hirai (平井雅之)40.2143.74
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)1.942.96
Square-1Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)7.317.74

The PB harvest

67 set · 24 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

72 competitors · 284 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 8.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.