Competitions · China

Beijing Open 2018

Beijing · 30 April 2018 · 17 events · 438 competitors · 404 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won three of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.08 seconds. 438 competitors produced 404 personal bests, 128 of which still stand today, and 196 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Baiqiang Dong (董百强) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single world record: 19 moves.

Three wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3, 4×4, 7×7

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Jack Pan (潘杰康)

404

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	8.62	9.17
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.59	1.82
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	32.95	34.44
5×5	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	52.83	59.99
6×6	Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲)	2:04.96	2:08.64
7×7	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	2:44.37	2:56.27
3×3 blindfolded	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	26.64	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Baiqiang Dong (董百强)	19 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Yiqun Lin (林逸群)	11.60	13.87
Clock	Yunke Zhang (张云柯)	6.24	7.40
Megaminx	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	49.40	51.34
Pyraminx	Yining Yao (姚祎宁)	2.48	3.82
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.76	3.50
Square-1	Boqin Zhao (赵博钦)	8.94	11.66
4×4 blindfolded	Weina Bao (鲍伟娜)	5:35.29	—
5×5 blindfolded	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	10:50.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	35 of 39 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

404 set · 128 still standing

Hongshuo Wei (魏宏硕) — 3×3 single 7.74: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Fubo Wang (王富博) — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Yiming Liu (刘一明) — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙) — Pyraminx single 4.37: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Minghao Zhou (周明昊) — Skewb single 4.24: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Yize Yang (杨意泽) — Pyraminx single 5.03: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Hang Zhou (周航) — Clock single 7.88: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

196 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

438 competitors · 1901 results · 17 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 9.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

438 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.