Competitions · Japan
TMU Open 2018
Hino, Tokyo · 3 February 2018 · 6 events · 75 competitors · 55 personal bests
Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won two of the six events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) by 0.04 seconds. 75 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Sho Ogata (緒方昭) took a 3×3 single of 41.60 down to 18.19, 56 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 7.01 | 8.49 |
| 4×4 | Rituraj Sohoni | 30.91 | 31.87 |
| 5×5 | Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) | 56.05 | 1:03.60 |
| Megaminx | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 40.65 | 51.61 |
| Pyraminx | Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら) | 3.44 | 4.01 |
| Skewb | Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) | 4.71 | 6.37 |
The PB harvest
55 set · 13 still standing- Yota Ueda (上田陽太) — 3×3 single 6.20: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
- Philipp Steck — 3×3 single 8.31: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
- Yuito Nozaki (野崎結人) — Pyraminx single 3.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — Megaminx single 59.10: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Aoi Kubota (久保田葵偉) — 3×3 single 13.51: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
- Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二) — Pyraminx single 6.09: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
- Kotaro Kusayama (草山晃太郎) — 3×3 single 14.36: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
- Kotaro Kusayama (草山晃太郎) — Pyraminx single 6.72: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
75 competitors · 246 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 8.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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L B' R U' F2 R D2 F2 D' R' B' R D2 R' U2 D2 R U2 R2 L' - 2
D2 B2 D' R2 U' L2 D B2 R2 F2 D B' L' U2 B' L R' F U R' - 3
U' R' F' R F R U' D2 L' U' F2 D' B2 U L2 F2 U2 - 4
L2 D B' U' D2 L B' L2 F' R B' D2 B' R2 F U2 L2 F2 U2 L2 - 5
U D F2 R U' B R' L2 D2 B' U' B2 D2 F2 B2 L2 D' F2 L2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
75 competitors- Aigo Miyamura (宮村藍伍)
- Akatsuki Kitamura (北村曉)
- Akihiro Ishida (石田朗大)
- Alejandro Rakai Olave
- Aoi Kubota (久保田葵偉)
- Aoi Nakajima (中島碧惟)
- Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)
- Asato Irifune (入船朝斗)
- Atsushi Suzuki (鈴木淳)
- Daichi Kataoka (片岡大智)
- Daichi Miyake (三宅大智)
- Daryl Aliben
- Fumiya Matsui (松井郁也)
- Harufumi Uematsu (植松晴史)
- Hideki Kadobe (角部秀樹)
- Hirofumi Uematsu (植松洋史)
- Hiroki Kitaoka (北岡大樹)
- Hiroto Ueda (上田浩登)
- Ian Eunki Lee (이은기)
- Ibuki Mio (美尾伊吹)
- Kakeru Fukuda (福田翔)
- Kazuhiro Fukada (深田和宏)
- Kazutaka Watanabe (渡部和孝)
- Ken Tezuka (手塚健)
- Kengo Kageyama (蔭山賢吾)
- Kenta Kabasawa (椛沢憲太)
- Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎)
- Kiyosato Arai (荒井聖智)
- Koji Furukawa (古川幸治)
- Kosei Takaoka (高岡洸成)
- Kota Ogata (尾形光太)
- Kotaro Kusayama (草山晃太郎)
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗)
- Lui Kasahara (笠原琉位)
- Masaharu Yamaoka (山岡正治)
- Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
- Minami Ohashi (大橋美七海)
- Natsuki Ishizawa (石澤夏希)
- Natsuki Shikibu (式部夏樹)
- Niranjan Rohith
- Philipp Steck
- Rituraj Sohoni
- Ryo Kadobe (角部亮)
- Ryosuke Higo (肥後亮佑)
- Ryota Futagami (二神亮太)
- Ryouichi Ibaraki (茨木亮一)
- Ryusei Yamada (山田龍聖)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sheng Jiang (蒋笙)
- Shin Ito (伊藤慎)
- Sho Ogata (緒方昭)
- Shotaro Yamaoka (山岡正太郎)
- Shunsuke Wada (和田俊輔)
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)
- Takaomi Goto (後藤崇臣)
- Takashi Takaoka (高岡孝)
- Takashige Karino (狩野貴滋)
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
- Tomohumi Ito (伊藤智文)
- Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)
- Tomoyasu Ono (小野友寧)
- Toru Morooka (諸岡徹)
- Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二)
- Yota Ueda (上田陽太)
- YouBeen Lee (이유빈)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuito Nozaki (野崎結人)
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)
- Yura Tomizawa (富澤悠来)
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝)
- Yuya Ito (伊藤友哉)
- Zihe Li (李子翯)
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.