Competitions · China

Beijing Summer Open 2014

Beijing · 6 July 2014 · 8 events · 93 competitors · 91 personal bests

Yang Li (李扬) won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.02 seconds. 93 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓) set the Skewb average continental record: 5.48.

Two wins

Yang Li (李扬) — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yang Li (李扬)	8.67	9.83
2×2	Qianchuan Gui (桂黔川)	2.37	2.53
4×4	Yang Li (李扬)	37.38	39.11
3×3 blindfolded	Yuxin Wang (王宇欣)	35.07	—
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	15.68	18.24
Megaminx	Xinrui Li (李昕蕊)	1:06.63	1:13.69
Pyraminx	Hao Xu (徐豪)	3.95	5.26
Skewb	Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓)	3.83	5.48

The PB harvest

91 set · 27 still standing

Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓) — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜) — 3×3 single 9.69: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.55: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Hong Zhang (张宏) — Pyraminx single 4.72: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Yue Hou (侯越) — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜) — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:00.95: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Yinglin Chen (陈瑛琳) — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜) — 4×4 single 41.62: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 368 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. Yang Li (李扬) won it with a 9.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.