Competitions · China

Asian Championship 2016

Beijing · 1 October 2016 · 18 events · 955 competitors · 990 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won three of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yi Wang (王旖) by 0.03 seconds. 955 competitors produced 990 personal bests, 322 of which still stand today, and 346 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kevin Hays set the 6×6 single world record: 1:32.77.

Three wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Yi Wang (王旖) over Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)

990

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	5.62	7.41
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.92	2.41
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	26.58	28.78
5×5	Kevin Hays	53.77	59.64
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:41.68	1:45.52
7×7	Lin Chen (陈霖)	2:24.46	2:28.78
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	24.46	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ziheng Ma (马子恒)	25 moves	28.00
3×3 one-handed	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	11.23	13.57
Clock	Shengliang Cai (蔡盛梁)	5.26	6.53
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	37.71	39.92
Pyraminx	Yi Wang (王旖)	2.97	3.18
Skewb	Qijun Miao (缪其隽)	2.52	3.26
Square-1	Yongyi Xiong (熊永一)	10.14	11.88
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	2:06.36	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	5:34.02	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	32 of 33 cubes · 57:04	—
3×3 with feet	Xiaojie Jiang (蒋孝杰)	31.18	35.06

The PB harvest

990 set · 322 still standing

Jimin Byeon (변지민) — Skewb single 2.23: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Yingguang Chen (陈映光) — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — 2×2 single 1.84: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Zhengyang Liu (刘正阳) — Pyraminx single 3.15: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yuanzhao Kang (康远昭) — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Peiyan Li (利沛焰) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Yunong Li (李雨浓) — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Haodong Bian (卞浩东) — Pyraminx single 3.64: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

346 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

40 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

955 competitors · 4674 results · 18 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. Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won it with a 7.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

955 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.