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Competitions · Japan

Yoga Summer B 2022

Yoga, Tokyo · 28 August 2022 · 4 events · 43 competitors · 32 personal bests

Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) by 0.36 seconds. 43 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Makoto Asano (淺野真) took a 2×2 single of 10.37 down to 7.05, 32 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) — 3×3, 4×4
0.36s
closest final — 3×3, Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) over Evan Mann
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)7.157.84
2×2Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)1.532.23
4×4Sei Sugama (洲鎌星)27.0928.88
MegaminxTomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)46.5950.49

The PB harvest

32 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

43 competitors · 156 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. Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) won it with a 7.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.