Competitions · Japan
Tokyo Winter 2025
Ota, Tokyo · 7 December 2025 · 4 events · 113 competitors · 86 personal bests
Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径) won the 3×3 with a 7.49 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aiden Lim Tze Choon by 0.34 seconds. 113 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Eisuke Akiyama (秋山瑛祐) took a Square-1 single of 37.80 down to 12.26, 68 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径) | 6.88 | 7.49 |
| 2×2 | Aiden Lim Tze Choon | 1.13 | 2.02 |
| 4×4 | Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 24.34 | 28.94 |
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 4.66 | 6.58 |
The PB harvest
86 set · 47 still standing- Calvin Nielson — Square-1 single 4.66: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
- Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) — 3×3 single 5.98: into the top 0.47% of the event's history.
- Go Nakamura (中村豪) — 3×3 single 6.63: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
- Yuhi Endo (遠藤紬斐) — 3×3 single 7.33: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓) — 3×3 single 7.53: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎) — 4×4 single 29.35: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
- Xuan Liu (刘璇) — 4×4 single 29.39: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝) — 4×4 single 29.66: into the top 2.6% 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
113 competitors · 336 results · 4 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. Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径) won it with a 7.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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F' B2 D2 L' F' U2 B' U F2 R2 F D2 F2 B' L2 F' R2 L2 F U2 - 2
U F2 D' F D' B R' B' U L U' F2 U2 D' L2 B2 D' L2 D L2 F2 - 3
D B2 F2 R2 B2 U' R2 U B2 U' L' B2 F' U' L2 U2 B' U L - 4
L D2 B' L2 B' R2 F U2 L' R D L2 B L' U' B F' - 5
U2 B' D2 R' L2 B2 L' B' D' R2 U2 B2 R2 F2 D2 L2 U' B2 L U
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
113 competitors- Aiden Lim Tze Choon
- Aina Sofea binti Ab Al Hafidz
- Akira Murata (村田旭)
- Akira Tokuse (徳世明)
- Asa Nelson
- Ayumi Takahashi (高橋歩実)
- Calvin Nielson
- Daisuke Kochi (幸地大輔)
- Eisuke Akiyama (秋山瑛祐)
- Eva Ruixi Huang (黄睿希)
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)
- Fumitaka Yoneyama (米山文隆)
- Futa Takanohashi (鷹觜颯汰)
- Go Ito (伊藤豪大)
- Go Nakamura (中村豪)
- Guangzhi Hou (侯广智)
- Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔)
- Han Wu (吳翰)
- Harenosuke Eguchi (江口晴之丞)
- Haruka Kitamura (北村晴香)
- Haruki Tsutsui (筒井遥規)
- Harunosuke Yoshida (吉田陽之丞)
- Harutoshi Sugimoto (杉本陽俊)
- Hinata Yamada (山田陽向)
- Hirotaka Ito (伊藤大平)
- Hitoki Kidahashi (木田橋仁毅)
- Jio Ishihara (石原慈大)
- Joe Hagiwara (萩原城)
- Junichi Mori (森純一)
- Junnosuke Takahashi (髙橋淳之介)
- Junya Tomita (富田純也)
- Kaito Suzuki (鈴木海翔)
- Kanahito Tabei (田部井奏人)
- Kanako Eguchi (江口佳奈子)
- Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)
- Kaoru Maruyama (丸山薫)
- Kazuhiko Kusano (草野一彦)
- Keisuke Handa (半田圭賛)
- Keisuke Yaosaka (八百坂圭祐)
- Kenji Kawashima (川嶋賢慈)
- Kensei Fujita (藤田賢成)
- Kiyoaki Kadoi (門井聖明)
- Kohei Ueki (植木洸平)
- Kuga Iwasa (岩佐空芽)
- Kyan Roerdink (ローディンク開按)
- Kyoshiro Sakamoto (坂本恭志郞)
- Mahiro Tanaka (田中万尋)
- Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)
- Masayuki Iwasa (岩佐雅幸)
- Michiyuki Tsukahara (塚原道之)
- Mirei Morioka (森岡美玲)
- Naotaro Shimomura (下村 直太郎)
- Nathan Steele
- Nice Yoshida (吉田名偉主)
- Qiuchi Sang (桑秋驰)
- Ran Kikuchi (菊地蘭)
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平)
- Ryota Takahashi (高橋瞭太)
- Ryuichi Hayase (早瀬龍一)
- Satsuki Yamagishi (山岸颯希)
- Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)
- Shiori Yanai
- Shoji Ueda (植田昌司)
- Shu Ogawa (小川柊)
- Shunei Miyauchi (宮内俊英)
- Shunya Yoshizaki (吉崎隼矢)
- Soh Hasegawa (長谷川蒼)
- Sora Arai (新井そら)
- Soshi Eguchi (江口聡志)
- Sotaro Hayashi (林聡太朗)
- Taichi Saito (齋藤太智)
- Taiki Harada (原田泰来)
- Takafumi Kido (木戸孝文)
- Takashi Takaoka (高岡孝)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Taku Yanai (矢内拓)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠)
- Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
- Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
- Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)
- Thiago Lee
- Tinghe Bao (包庭赫)
- Tomoki Iwanami (岩波知希)
- Toshiya Sato (佐藤稔也)
- Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径)
- Will Cerne
- Xuan Liu (刘璇)
- Yasumichi Miura (三浦康倫)
- Yohei Hayashi (林洋平)
- Yoshito Nishikawa (西川嘉人)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuhi Endo (遠藤紬斐)
- Yui Tomita (富田唯依)
- Yuichi Hamada (濵田祐一)
- Yuiki Yoneyama (米山結絆)
- Yuito Nozaki (野崎結人)
- Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)
- Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
- Yukinari Tsuji (辻志成)
- Yuma Yamaki (八巻悠真)
- Yuri Kobayashi (小林夕莉)
- Yurina Nakajima (中嶋友里菜)
- Yusei Kawasaki (川崎悠生)
- Yusuke Misawa (三澤雄介)
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)
- Yuta Imai (今井悠太)
- Yuto Date (伊達優人)
- Yuto Yamada (山田悠人)
- Yuuma Hirakubo (平久保結丸)
- Yuya Sakai (酒井裕也)
- Zirui Wang (王子睿)
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.