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UT Open 2014

Tokyo · 23 November 2014 · 4 events · 77 competitors · 44 personal bests

Yu Sajima (佐島優) won the 3×3 with a 9.26 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yu Sajima (佐島優) by 0.29 seconds. 77 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Taku Yanai (矢内拓) set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 30.78.

4
events decided
0.29s
closest final — 3×3, Yu Sajima (佐島優) over Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yu Sajima (佐島優)8.599.26
4×4Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)38.2341.02
3×3 blindfoldedTaku Yanai (矢内拓)30.78
SkewbWataru Hashimura (端村航)5.115.95

The PB harvest

44 set · 10 still standing

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

77 competitors · 199 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. Yu Sajima (佐島優) won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.