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Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025

Ota, Tokyo · 16 February 2025 · 1 events · 53 competitors · 18 personal bests

Ao Nogami (野上碧) won the 3×3 with a 7.60 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ao Nogami (野上碧) by 0.83 seconds. 53 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Goki Yoshikawa (吉川豪生) took a 3×3 single of 27.56 down to 20.19, 27 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
0.83s
closest final — 3×3, Ao Nogami (野上碧) over Kounosuke Udou (有働幸之助)
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ao Nogami (野上碧)5.837.60

The PB harvest

18 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

13 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

53 competitors · 61 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. Ao Nogami (野上碧) won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.