Japan Championship 2026 - Competition Results

Date: 2026-07-18~19

Location: Daito, Osaka, Japan

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Winners Top 3 All Results By Person Records Scrambles

Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
3x3x3 Cube
1	Matty Hiroto Inaba	5.38	5.83	United States	5.70 5.38 5.88 5.92 6.12
2	Amey Gaba	5.12	6.40	India	6.83 7.42 5.18 7.20 5.12
3	Kantaro Sakamoto (坂本貫太郎)	6.35	6.99	Japan	6.96 6.84 6.35 7.17 8.56
2x2x2 Cube
1	Jacob Joshi	1.27	1.41	Australia	1.53 1.27 1.28 1.42 2.49
2	Ao Nogami (野上碧)	1.25	1.48	Japan	1.45 1.29 1.25 1.70 2.63
3	Shota Fukuoka	1.59	1.95	United States	1.59 1.67 2.07 2.12 2.17
4x4x4 Cube
1	Matty Hiroto Inaba	17.78	21.27	United States	22.07 17.78 21.42 22.51 20.32
2	Amey Gaba	24.42	28.32	India	29.92 28.76 24.42 26.28 32.75
3	Takeru Iguchi (井口丈瑠)	26.75	29.91	Japan	33.50 31.58 31.17 26.98 26.75
5x5x5 Cube
1	Matty Hiroto Inaba	38.17	41.04	United States	38.17 46.92 41.74 38.61 42.76
2	Shu Ogawa (小川柊)	46.69	50.95	Japan	50.53 48.73 46.69 54.04 53.59
3	Amey Gaba	45.92	51.30	India	53.85 45.92 48.67 52.63 52.59
6x6x6 Cube
1	Matty Hiroto Inaba	1:19.45	1:23.29	United States	1:24.02 1:19.45 1:26.39
2	Kohei Aruga (有賀康平)	1:22.45	1:29.63	Japan	1:26.98 1:39.47 1:22.45
3	Takeru Iguchi (井口丈瑠)	1:29.79	1:34.47	Japan	1:29.79 1:34.80 1:38.81
7x7x7 Cube
1	Kohei Aruga (有賀康平)	NR 2:01.07	NR 2:03.04	Japan	2:03.36 2:01.07 2:04.68
2	Kai-Jie Wu (吳楷傑)	2:13.06	2:18.02	Chinese Taipei	2:15.07 2:13.06 2:25.94
3	Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)	2:13.75	2:19.82	Japan	2:26.29 2:13.75 2:19.41
3x3x3 Blindfolded
1	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	15.75	NR 16.82	Japan	17.59 17.45 16.31 15.75 16.69
2	Will Cerne	18.82	DNF	United States	18.82 32.17 DNF DNF DNF
3	Yuki Tsuneyoshi (恒吉優紀)	20.75	DNF	Japan	22.52 DNF DNF DNF 20.75
3x3x3 One-Handed
1	Takumi Kato (加藤匠)	8.54	NR 9.68	Japan	8.54 9.97 9.84 10.82 9.22
2	Masaya Nakamoto (中本誠也)	9.48	10.66	Japan	10.18 11.92 12.12 9.48 9.89
3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	8.70	11.62	United States	12.00 11.61 11.26 12.56 8.70
Clock
1	Shoi Hamaguchi (濱口翔偉)	2.90	4.20	Japan	5.11 4.64 3.71 2.90 4.25
2	Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径)	3.01	4.63	Japan	4.34 4.88 4.68 3.01 DNF
3	Sotaro Hayashi (林聡太朗)	4.62	4.96	Japan	5.03 5.04 4.62 5.82 4.82
Megaminx
1	Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)	32.44	34.93	Japan	34.07 45.23 34.26 32.44 36.46
2	Wataru Takamiya (髙宮径)	31.89	37.76	Japan	33.13 35.47 31.89 44.67 DNF
3	Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)	32.28	38.41	Japan	32.28 40.91 41.98 39.86 34.46
Pyraminx
1	Nice Yoshida (吉田名偉主)	1.84	2.30	Japan	2.03 2.77 4.70 2.11 1.84
2	Hajime Miyazaki (宮崎朔)	2.08	2.37	Japan	2.27 2.50 2.33 2.08 4.72
3	Takahiro Aoki (青木尊弘)	1.55	2.39	Japan	3.05 3.02 1.55 2.24 1.91
Skewb
1	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	1.57	2.19	Japan	2.17 2.54 1.57 2.44 1.95
2	Rio Esaki (江碕莉旺)	2.02	2.20	Japan	2.29 2.76 2.11 2.21 2.02
3	Jacob Joshi	2.39	3.33	Australia	3.44 2.85 3.96 3.69 2.39
Square-1
1	Makoto Takaoka (高岡誠)	7.00	7.85	Japan	7.41 7.67 10.87 7.00 8.47
2	Eva Kato (加藤映葉)	5.86	8.23	Japan	6.72 5.86 9.79 11.04 8.17
3	Yasunari Kumekawa (粂川泰成)	6.80	9.23	Japan	12.16 6.80 8.01 10.88 8.81
4x4x4 Blindfolded
1	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	1:45.86	DNF	Japan	1:45.86 DNF DNF
2	Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登)	2:44.96	DNF	Japan	3:11.83 DNF 2:44.96
3	Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)	2:46.43	DNF	Japan	DNF 2:46.43 DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded
1	Keita Hayakawa (早川慶太)	NR 3:45.72	DNF	Japan	DNF 4:34.25 3:45.72
2	Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登)	6:27.28	DNF	Japan	6:27.28 DNF DNF
3	Haruka Kitamura (北村晴香)	7:10.96	DNF	Japan	DNF 7:10.96 DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
1	Shiori Yanai	33/40 56:48		Japan	33/40 56:48
2	Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登)	29/43 60:00		Japan	29/43 60:00
3	Haruka Kitamura (北村晴香)	21/29 60:00		Japan	21/29 60:00