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Tokai Open 2012

Nagoya · 29 April 2012 · 6 events · 50 competitors · 48 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yu Nakajima (中島悠) by 0.12 seconds. 50 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) set the 5×5 average continental record: 1:07.87.

Four wins
Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.12s
closest final — 3×3, Yu Nakajima (中島悠) over Yu Sajima (佐島優)
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Nakajima (中島悠)8.229.65
2×2Yu Nakajima (中島悠)3.474.35
4×4Yu Nakajima (中島悠)34.8038.23
5×5Yu Nakajima (中島悠)58.051:05.05
MagicYoshiaki Hirayama (平山善章)1.051.20
Master MagicYoshiaki Hirayama (平山善章)2.132.36

The PB harvest

48 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 254 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

50 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.