Competitions · Japan
UT Open 2012
Tokyo · 25 November 2012 · 5 events · 61 competitors · 19 personal bests
Yu Sajima (佐島優) won the 3×3 with a 9.80 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yu Sajima (佐島優) by 0.22 seconds. 61 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Masaya Kawai (河合雅也) took a 3×3 single of 33.97 down to 19.27, 43 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 8.13 | 9.80 |
| 4×4 | Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) | 34.61 | 38.25 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) | 12.40 | 14.63 |
| Pyraminx | Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎) | 6.09 | 6.48 |
| 3×3 with feet | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 42.03 | 47.79 |
The PB harvest
19 set · 10 still standing- Sachio Iwasaki (岩崎幸生) — 3×3 with feet single 40.93: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- Taihei Serizawa (芹澤泰平) — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Yuki Tanaka (田中悠樹) — 3×3 single 11.75: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
- Taihei Serizawa (芹澤泰平) — 4×4 single 50.21: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
- Hitoshi Iwai (岩井仁志) — 3×3 single 16.02: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
- Satoshi Nakada (中田智史) — 3×3 single 16.72: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗) — 4×4 single 57.00: into the top 33.1% of the event's history.
- Masaya Kawai (河合雅也) — 3×3 single 19.27: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
61 competitors · 165 results · 5 events.
Everyone who competed
61 competitors- Akihiro Ishida (石田朗大)
- Akiko Tanaka (田中亜紀子)
- Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)
- Atsushi Shimada (島田敦)
- Fumiaki Mori (森文明)
- Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)
- Han Wu (吳翰)
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Hiroaki Ogawa (小川弘顕)
- Hiroto Ueda (上田浩登)
- Hitoshi Iwai (岩井仁志)
- Ibuki Mio (美尾伊吹)
- Junji Ono (小野純路)
- Kazuhito Iimura (飯村数人)
- Kei Suga (須賀慶)
- Keita Nomura (野村啓太)
- Kentaro Nishi (西賢太郎)
- Kohta Matsumoto (松本滉太)
- Kota Miyake (三宅晃太)
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗)
- Mai Otsuka (大塚麻衣)
- Masato Kobayashi (小林正人)
- Masaya Kawai (河合雅也)
- Mika Muranushi (村主美佳)
- Motonori Inogai (猪貝基宣)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Nobuhiro Suganuma (菅沼伸陽)
- Ryo Horikawa (堀川涼)
- Ryo Kozawa (小澤諒)
- Ryo Matsui (松井亮)
- Sachio Iwasaki (岩崎幸生)
- Satoshi Nakada (中田智史)
- Shu Kasuga (春日柊)
- Shuhei Omura (大村周平)
- Shun Sakurai (櫻井駿)
- Shuto Ueno (上野柊斗)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Taihei Serizawa (芹澤泰平)
- Takahiro Namatame (生田目敬弘)
- Takahiro Tomisawa (富沢隆広)
- Takamichi Kato (加藤高道)
- Takayuki Matsumoto (松本孝之)
- Takehisa Sato (佐藤豪恒)
- Taku Kaitani (櫂谷卓)
- Takuma Shirahase (白波瀬拓磨)
- Takumi Yoshida (吉田匠)
- Tomoyuki Hiraide (平出智之)
- Toshiaki Yanase (柳瀬俊晃)
- Toshihiro Shirakawa (白川俊博)
- Toshiya Hirohata (廣畑俊哉)
- Yu Nakajima (中島悠)
- Yu Sajima (佐島優)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yuka Komatsu (小松由佳)
- Yuki Matsuba (松葉裕希)
- Yuki Saito (齋藤勇輝)
- Yuki Tanaka (田中悠樹)
- Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
- Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)
- Yusuke Morikawa (森川裕介)
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝)
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.