Competitions · Japan
Tokai Open 2014
Nagoya · 6 December 2014 · 4 events · 24 competitors · 8 personal bests
Yohei Oka (岡要平) won two of the four events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yohei Oka (岡要平) by 0.71 seconds. 24 competitors produced 8 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Takuro Maeyama (前山拓郎) took a 3×3 single of 30.21 down to 24.80, 18 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 10.53 | 11.83 |
| 2×2 | Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) | 1.97 | 2.97 |
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 2.66 | 3.55 |
| Skewb | Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) | 4.91 | 5.55 |
The PB harvest
8 set · 3 still standing- Shunya Sumi (鷲見俊哉) — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) — Skewb single 7.56: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.
- Takuro Maeyama (前山拓郎) — 3×3 single 24.80: into the top 52.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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
24 competitors · 70 results · 4 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. Yohei Oka (岡要平) won it with a 11.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 U R2 D' U2 F2 D' R2 F' D B D R' F L2 F' D2 B' F' - 2
D2 B2 D' B R F2 U' F R2 D2 L' B2 D2 F2 B2 L2 U2 D R2 - 3
U2 B2 D2 B U2 R2 F D2 B D' L2 B' F' R' F' D2 R2 F' U R2 - 4
U2 R2 B U2 F L2 R2 B D2 R U' L D U2 R2 U' L B2 U' B' - 5
U' B2 U' F2 R2 D L2 U' L D F2 R D R2 B' D2 R B D U'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
24 competitors- Akira Kurata (倉田旦)
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Jin Mochizuki (望月仁)
- Joichiro Hayashi (林丈一郎)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kentaro Kurosawa (黒澤賢太郎)
- Kiyoshi Mizoguchi (溝口清)
- Naoto Natsume (夏目尚澄)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)
- Poran No (盧歩蘭)
- Shunya Sumi (鷲見俊哉)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takeshi Ito (伊藤健)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Takuro Maeyama (前山拓郎)
- Takuya Emori (榎森拓也)
- Tatsuya Tsukamoto (塚本達也)
- Toru Morooka (諸岡徹)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yoshitaka Kume (久米祥隆)
- Yukinojo Okumura (奥村幸之丞)
- Yusaku Mizuno (水野優作)
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.