Competitions · Japan
Tohoku 2019
Yamagata, Yamagata · 22 September 2019 · 5 events · 35 competitors · 37 personal bests
Yu Sajima (佐島優) won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Amey Gaba by 0.23 seconds. 35 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Kou Moriya (森谷航) took a Pyraminx single of 12.33 down to 5.29, 57 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 9.04 | 9.72 |
| 2×2 | Amey Gaba | 2.24 | 3.58 |
| 4×4 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 27.77 | 31.37 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 17.87 | 19.99 |
| Pyraminx | Kakeru Fukuda (福田翔) | 4.66 | 5.79 |
The PB harvest
37 set · 28 still standing- Shunsuke Wada (和田俊輔) — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
- Tatsuto Igarashi (五十嵐達人) — 3×3 single 10.22: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
- Shugo Kawashima (川島柊吾) — 4×4 single 37.47: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
- Kakeru Fukuda (福田翔) — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
- Teruyuki Honda (本多輝行) — 3×3 single 11.24: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
- Kou Moriya (森谷航) — 3×3 single 11.82: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
- Kou Moriya (森谷航) — Pyraminx single 5.29: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
- Ryota Futagami (二神亮太) — 3×3 one-handed single 18.28: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven 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
35 competitors · 154 results · 5 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. Yu Sajima (佐島優) won it with a 9.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D' F' D2 F R U' B2 U2 B L B2 U' R2 L2 F2 R2 D R2 U2 F2 B2 - 2
B L2 U2 R2 D2 F' L2 B' F' D L2 D' B' F2 D2 R' B D2 R U' - 3
F L' U' R' F' U2 R' F2 R' D' L2 U2 F2 R' B2 U2 F2 D2 R - 4
D2 F' L2 D2 L2 F L2 B F2 L2 D2 R' B2 D2 U' R2 F R' U2 B' F - 5
D2 R2 U' B2 U L2 D L2 B D' L2 U' B F' U' L B2 F' D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
35 competitors- Alan Gill (ギル亜蘭)
- Amey Gaba
- Kaito Sano (佐野海斗)
- Kakeru Fukuda (福田翔)
- Kazutaka Watanabe (渡部和孝)
- Kei Takahashi (高橋慶)
- Kein Takeda (武田慶胤)
- Keisuke Kawano (河野佳祐)
- Keisuke Oki (大木慶介)
- Kenta Maruya (丸谷健太)
- Ko Kazuma (数馬煌)
- Kou Moriya (森谷航)
- Koya Nishiyama (西山滉哉)
- Naota Okuyama (奥山直太)
- Natsuki Ishizawa (石澤夏希)
- Richie Gill
- Riku Akiyama (秋山吏玖)
- Ryota Futagami (二神亮太)
- Satoru Umetsu (梅津諭)
- Shugo Kawashima (川島柊吾)
- Shunsuke Wada (和田俊輔)
- Takuma Daino (台野拓磨)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Tatsuto Igarashi (五十嵐達人)
- Teruyuki Honda (本多輝行)
- Toru Umetsu (梅津融)
- Wataru Ohkubo (大久保渉)
- Yohei Kudo (工藤陽平)
- Yoshio Matsumoto (松本嘉夫)
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- Yuji Komatsu (小松裕司)
- Yuka Nakamura (中村友香)
- Yuki Yoshida (吉田雄貴)
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)
- Yuto Takahashi (高橋勇登)
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.