Competitions · Japan
Tokyo Open AM Winter 2025
Ota, Tokyo · 16 February 2025 · 1 events · 51 competitors · 18 personal bests
Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) won the 3×3 with a 6.69 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) by 1.37 seconds. 51 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Hajun Sung (성하준) took a 3×3 single of 15.81 down to 11.49, 27 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) | 6.53 | 6.69 |
The PB harvest
18 set · 5 still standing- Yusei Ito (伊藤佑聖) — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
- Izuki Nagashima (長嶋泉妃) — 3×3 single 11.75: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
- Ryoichi Matsumoto (松本諒一) — 3×3 single 14.04: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
- Hisashi Kubo (久保尚志) — 3×3 single 15.58: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
- Kousei Yamawaki (山脇康生) — 3×3 single 16.93: into the top 30.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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
51 competitors · 59 results · 1 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. Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) won it with a 6.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 B2 U2 F L2 F' R' U B D B2 R2 L B2 R2 U2 D2 B2 D2 - 2
F D R' F' B' D2 L' U R B2 U2 D2 R' L' F2 L F2 B2 L D - 3
L2 B2 U F B' U F2 U2 R' L2 U2 F2 U' R2 B2 U2 F2 D2 B' - 4
F2 L2 F U L2 R2 B2 U B2 D2 F2 B' R' D' F' L U' L F2 - 5
R B' R2 U2 F' R2 U2 F D2 F D2 U B' U2 L D' B' U2 L2 D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
51 competitors- Aota Miyajima (宮島碧汰)
- Brent Balce
- Eisuke Akiyama (秋山瑛祐)
- Eita Mizuno (水野瑛太)
- Ganesh Mithran
- Go Nakamura (中村豪)
- Hajun Sung (성하준)
- Haruya Taki (瀧春弥)
- Hinata Yamada (山田陽向)
- Hisashi Kubo (久保尚志)
- Iori Sakae (榮伊織)
- Izuki Nagashima (長嶋泉妃)
- Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介)
- Junqing Meng (孟骏清)
- Kai Harada (原田櫂)
- Kanako Eguchi (江口佳奈子)
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
- Karen Yoneyama (米山華恋)
- Kazuki Utsugi (宇都木一輝)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Kensei Fujita (藤田賢成)
- Kenta Asai (浅井健太)
- Kiyoaki Kadoi (門井聖明)
- Kosuke Ito (伊藤広裕)
- Kotaro Yoshida
- Kousei Yamawaki (山脇康生)
- Natsuki Rokutan (六反捺稀)
- Raiden Reynolds (レイノルズ頼傳)
- Reon Matsui (松井玲穏)
- Ryoichi Matsumoto (松本諒一)
- Satsuki Yamagishi (山岸颯希)
- Scott Ying
- Shota Ishii (石井翔太)
- Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志)
- Sota Nakamura (中村荘太)
- Sotaro Hayashi (林聡太朗)
- Taichi Saito (齋藤太智)
- Taiga Araki (荒木汰我)
- Takafumi Kido (木戸孝文)
- Takahiro Imamura (今村貴大)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Tomoki Shundo (春藤智紀)
- Tomoki Yokoyama (横山倫毅)
- Varnika Vignesh Raja
- Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径)
- Yo Osawa (大澤葉)
- Yoshiki Ando (安藤尭輝)
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)
- Yuki Mochizuki (望月宥希)
- Yuri Kobayashi (小林夕莉)
- Yusei Ito (伊藤佑聖)
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.