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Competitions · Japan

Tokai Open 2019

Nagoya, Aichi · 22 June 2019 · 7 events · 78 competitors · 52 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) by 0.54 seconds. 78 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) set the 4×4 average national record: 28.10.

Two wins
Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.54s
closest final — 4×4, Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一) over Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
52
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)7.218.08
2×2Atsuto Takemura (竹村篤人)1.442.05
4×4Soichi Akamatsu (赤松聡一)25.1430.12
3×3 blindfoldedHiroto Fujita (藤田浩斗)38.56
3×3 one-handedArifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)11.9512.08
SkewbNoriyuki Okada (岡田典之)1.963.10
Square-1Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)7.298.00

The PB harvest

52 set · 21 still standing

First-timers

23 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 288 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 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.