Competitions · Japan

Tsukuba 2012

Tsukuba · 5 February 2012 · 6 events · 52 competitors · 52 personal bests

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mina Tomita (富田美菜) by 0.03 seconds. 52 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) set the 3×3 single national record: 7.03.

Three wins

Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Mina Tomita (富田美菜) over Yui Tomita (富田唯依)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	8.72	9.82
2×2	Mina Tomita (富田美菜)	2.80	3.30
4×4	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	34.52	40.10
5×5	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	1:01.40	1:08.73
3×3 one-handed	Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	13.25	16.57
Clock	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	6.36	8.18

The PB harvest

52 set · 7 still standing

Takumi Yoshida (吉田匠) — 5×5 single 1:12.40: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Hayato Yoshizawa (吉澤隼人) — 3×3 single 13.96: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Hitoshi Iwai (岩井仁志) — 3×3 one-handed single 23.56: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
Yuri Ijuin (伊集院有里) — 3×3 single 19.41: into the top 38.3% of the event's history.
Hideaki Komami (駒見英明) — 4×4 single 1:13.19: into the top 50.0% of the event's history.
Mitsuru Inoue (井上満) — 3×3 single 24.00: into the top 50.4% of the event's history.
Fumio Gunji (郡司文男) — 3×3 single 56.96: into the top 90.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 198 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

52 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.