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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Big Cubes Challenge 2016

Taipei · 27 February 2016 · 13 events · 55 competitors · 97 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) by 0.01 seconds. 55 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) set the 5×5 average continental record: 59.73.

Three wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
97
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)8.569.42
2×2Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)2.533.61
4×4Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正)29.1932.22
5×5Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)1:00.411:05.04
6×6Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)2:01.962:07.15
7×7Jen Yuan Chen (陳楨元)3:04.933:17.68
3×3 blindfoldedJia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)34.80
3×3 Fewest MovesPei Pan (潘霈)35 moves
ClockShao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)6.036.96
SkewbKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)2.384.72
Square-1Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)9.7610.89
3×3 Multi-BlindJia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)10 of 11 cubes · 46:36
3×3 with feetYu-Huan Huang (黃宇瑍)57.661:00.61

The PB harvest

97 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

Three 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 463 results · 13 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 9.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.