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Competitions · Japan

Tohoku Open 2017

Sendai, Miyagi · 8 April 2017 · 7 events · 58 competitors · 44 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the 3×3 with a 9.30 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) by 0.09 seconds. 58 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也) set the 7×7 single national record: 2:43.75.

7
events decided
0.09s
closest final — Skewb, Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) over Natsuki Ishizawa (石澤夏希)
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)8.299.30
2×2Kein Takeda (武田慶胤)3.093.71
4×4Yu Sajima (佐島優)31.8935.46
7×7Tomoya Iida (飯田朋也)2:43.752:57.96
3×3 blindfoldedYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)1:10.53
PyraminxDaigo Okuhata (奥畑大悟)3.504.42
SkewbTaiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)3.485.09

The PB harvest

44 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

17 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 208 results · 7 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 9.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.