Competitions · Japan

Tokai Open 2023

Tokai, Aichi · 9 September 2023 · 5 events · 109 competitors · 69 personal bests

Ao Nogami (野上碧) won the 3×3 with a 7.58 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) by 0.12 seconds. 109 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shoi Hamaguchi (濱口翔偉) set the Clock average national record: 5.88.

events decided

0.12s

closest final — Pyraminx, Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔) over Yoshi Hero Nakamura

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ao Nogami (野上碧)	5.85	7.58
5×5	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	49.41	53.12
3×3 blindfolded	Masato Fujiwara (藤原正人)	21.06	—
Clock	Yijie Zhao (赵翊杰)	5.15	5.57
Pyraminx	Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔)	2.00	3.48

The PB harvest

69 set · 24 still standing

Takuya Kira (吉良拓也) — Pyraminx single 2.35: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Yusuke Takada (高田祐介) — 5×5 single 50.98: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Takuya Kira (吉良拓也) — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志) — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Mizuki Tsurudome (鶴留瑞己) — 3×3 single 8.94: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Fumika Hoshino (星野史佳) — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) — Clock single 6.46: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Kento Hirai (平井健斗) — 3×3 single 10.80: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 422 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. Ao Nogami (野上碧) won it with a 7.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.