Competitions · China

Beijing Open 2015

Beijing · 24 October 2015 · 18 events · 144 competitors · 180 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won six of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.02 seconds. 144 competitors produced 180 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bo Huang (黄镈) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average national record: 28.33.

Six wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, 3×3 with feet

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Yining Yao (姚祎宁)

180

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	9.75	10.42
2×2	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	2.61	3.86
4×4	Jingzheng Wang (王景正)	34.14	36.50
5×5	Jingzheng Wang (王景正)	1:15.54	1:23.63
6×6	Jingzheng Wang (王景正)	2:17.75	2:21.73
7×7	Jingzheng Wang (王景正)	3:23.93	3:30.68
3×3 blindfolded	Chuang Zhou (周闯)	31.32	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Bo Huang (黄镈)	26 moves	28.33
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	16.19	16.80
Clock	Yunke Zhang (张云柯)	6.49	7.35
Megaminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	1:00.42	1:02.92
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.98	5.10
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	3.11	4.22
Square-1	Ziyuan Lin (林子源)	10.09	15.63
4×4 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	5:46.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Yuxin Wang (王宇欣)	29:09.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yuxin Wang (王宇欣)	20 of 20 cubes · 58:18	—
3×3 with feet	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	1:07.70	1:10.68

The PB harvest

180 set · 39 still standing

Enmeng Zhang (张恩萌) — 3×3 single 8.07: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Linqi Xu (徐琳淇) — 3×3 single 8.95: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Enmeng Zhang (张恩萌) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.77: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ziyuan Lin (林子源) — Square-1 single 10.09: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Enmeng Zhang (张恩萌) — 4×4 single 35.53: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Liping Jia (贾立平) — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 19 of 25 cubes · 1:00:00: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Jianyu Liu (刘建宇) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.95: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Haotian Bai (白昊天) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.25: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

144 competitors · 795 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. Sheng Cao (曹晟) won it with a 10.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

144 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.