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Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018

Tachikawa, Tokyo · 22 September 2018 · 3 events · 68 competitors · 50 personal bests

Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) won the 3×3 with a 9.18 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) by 0.23 seconds. 68 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) set the Megaminx single national record: 35.23.

3
events decided
0.23s
closest final — 3×3, Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) over Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)7.579.18
MegaminxMasayuki Hirai (平井雅之)35.2342.49
PyraminxTaiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)2.873.53

The PB harvest

50 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 200 results · 3 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. Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗) won it with a 9.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.