Competitions · Japan

Tribox Open Winter 2017

Kawasaki · 14 January 2017 · 6 events · 173 competitors · 50 personal bests

Rituraj Sohoni won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rituraj Sohoni by 0.02 seconds. 173 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 72 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rituraj Sohoni set the 4×4 average national record: 34.41.

Two wins

Rituraj Sohoni — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Rituraj Sohoni over Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rituraj Sohoni	8.93	9.75
2×2	Kein Takeda (武田慶胤)	3.16	4.13
4×4	Rituraj Sohoni	33.37	34.41
3×3 blindfolded	Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之)	40.43	—
3×3 one-handed	Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)	12.44	13.40
Pyraminx	Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎)	3.06	3.79

The PB harvest

50 set · 15 still standing

Yuki Suzuki (鈴木悠希) — 3×3 single 12.69: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Yuto Hosokawa (細川優人) — 3×3 single 14.83: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Kai Osawa — Pyraminx single 6.72: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Chihiro Sukegawa (助川知優) — Pyraminx single 8.45: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.
Hirohito Yagi (八木洸人) — 3×3 single 20.74: into the top 42.0% of the event's history.
Katsuki Takahashi (高橋勝紀) — 2×2 single 5.37: into the top 43.9% of the event's history.
Takeshi Yamamoto (山本武士) — 4×4 single 1:10.25: into the top 47.1% of the event's history.
Shohei Yamamoto (山本将平) — 3×3 single 27.52: into the top 57.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

72 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

173 competitors · 320 results · 6 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. Rituraj Sohoni won it with a 9.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

173 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.