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Competitions · Hong Kong, China

Arnold Classic Asia 2016

Hong Kong · 20 August 2016 · 14 events · 117 competitors · 119 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won four of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) by 0.00 seconds. 117 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) set the Clock single national record: 4.98.

Four wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — 3×3, Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) over Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋)
119
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)7.599.05
2×2Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)1.923.13
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)30.7933.01
5×5Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)55.891:01.38
6×6Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)1:59.232:04.06
7×7Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)3:05.183:08.40
3×3 blindfoldedYucheng Chen (陈裕铖)44.56
3×3 one-handedYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)13.3214.32
ClockTairan Zhong (钟泰然)5.406.57
MegaminxYuchen Huang (黄禹尘)48.4053.64
PyraminxYuchen Huang (黄禹尘)4.584.81
SkewbQijun Miao (缪其隽)3.093.63
Square-1Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)10.2411.96
3×3 with feetZicong Weng (翁子聪)46.6752.47

The PB harvest

119 set · 33 still standing

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 633 results · 14 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 9.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.