Competitions · Japan

Tokyo Open 2008

Tokyo · 2 August 2008 · 9 events · 86 competitors · 64 personal bests

Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) won three of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Yohei Oka (岡要平) by 0.06 seconds. 86 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔) set the 4×4 single world record: 45.15.

Three wins

Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet

0.06s

closest final — Magic, Yohei Oka (岡要平) over Nobuhiro Kinjo (金城亘洋)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	10.30	11.79
2×2	Shuhei Omura (大村周平)	3.58	4.59
4×4	Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔)	45.15	52.31
5×5	Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔)	1:30.05	1:35.27
3×3 blindfolded	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	55.16	—
3×3 one-handed	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	18.27	20.48
Pyraminx	Yohei Oka (岡要平)	4.06	4.39
3×3 with feet	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	1:52.53	—
Magic	Yohei Oka (岡要平)	1.22	1.41

The PB harvest

64 set · 16 still standing

Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) — 3×3 blindfolded single 55.16: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Nobuhiro Kinjo (金城亘洋) — Magic single 1.25: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Ken Hagiwara (蘒原絢) — 3×3 single 13.18: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Nobuhiro Kinjo (金城亘洋) — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Kazuya Kawamoto (河本和也) — 3×3 single 13.71: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Kei Suga (須賀慶) — Magic single 1.36: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Nobutaka Shiina (椎名信孝) — 3×3 single 19.33: into the top 38.0% of the event's history.
Nobuyuki Tomiuga (富宇賀宣行) — 3×3 single 19.43: into the top 38.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 231 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

86 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.