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Competitions · China

Baoji Open 2018

Baoji, Shaanxi · 21 July 2018 · 8 events · 92 competitors · 113 personal bests

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Haodong Cheng (程昊东) by 0.02 seconds. 92 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦) took a Square-1 single of 1:23.96 down to 25.06, 70 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — Skewb, Haodong Cheng (程昊东) over Xianglong Gao (高向龙)
113
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mulun Yin (阴目仑)6.658.84
2×2Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)2.002.61
4×4Mulun Yin (阴目仑)28.7031.99
3×3 one-handedMulun Yin (阴目仑)12.8314.30
MegaminxJunze Zhao (赵俊泽)39.6243.06
PyraminxSiyu Wang (王思予)3.323.49
SkewbHaodong Cheng (程昊东)4.264.94
Square-1Tong Liu (刘童)11.8112.63

The PB harvest

113 set · 40 still standing

First-timers

20 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

92 competitors · 456 results · 8 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 8.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.