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Competitions · Japan

Suginami Open 2017

Suginami, Tokyo · 29 October 2017 · 4 events · 64 competitors · 46 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won two of the four events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) by 0.67 seconds. 64 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) set the Megaminx single national record: 41.50.

Two wins
Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) — 3×3, Megaminx
0.67s
closest final — 3×3, Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) over Rituraj Sohoni
46
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)6.078.04
2×2Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)2.532.77
3×3 blindfoldedOto Aoyagi (青柳吟)22.30
MegaminxArifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)41.5047.48

The PB harvest

46 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 212 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. Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won it with a 8.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.