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Competitions · Japan

Tachikawa Open 2016

Tachikawa · 4 September 2016 · 6 events · 69 competitors · 44 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) by 0.23 seconds. 69 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Takashi Hasegawa (長谷川嵩) took a 2×2 single of 19.69 down to 6.76, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) over Rituraj Sohoni
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)7.648.55
2×2Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)2.393.61
3×3 blindfoldedTomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之)35.93
3×3 one-handedArifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)10.5714.16
PyraminxTatsuhiro Ito (伊藤龍弘)3.375.20
3×3 with feetYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)37.4444.57

The PB harvest

44 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

69 competitors · 176 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 8.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.