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Competitions · Japan

YRCC Open 2018

Chuo-ku, Saitama · 18 March 2018 · 5 events · 95 competitors · 67 personal bests

Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won the 3×3 with a 7.89 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) by 0.28 seconds. 95 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anish Bishwokarma set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 3:01.46.

5
events decided
0.28s
closest final — 2×2, Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) over Philipp Steck
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)6.787.89
2×2Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)2.372.87
4×4Yota Ueda (上田陽太)34.3036.06
3×3 blindfoldedOto Aoyagi (青柳吟)22.3423.98
Square-1Ryota Aoki (青木涼太)9.9311.53

The PB harvest

67 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

95 competitors · 311 results · 5 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. Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史) won it with a 7.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.