Competitions · China

Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 9 December 2018 · 8 events · 77 competitors · 82 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) by 3.02 seconds. 77 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 42 of 45 cubes · 58:13.

Two wins

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 4×4, 5×5

3.02s

closest final — 5×5, Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) over Fung Hoi Yin (馮凱賢)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	24.89	27.64
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	52.42	56.67
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:36.11	1:39.34
7×7	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	2:14.24	2:20.50
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	25.24	—
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:48.36	—
5×5 blindfolded	Victor Tang Yao Jun (湯曜駿)	7:06.64	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	42 of 45 cubes · 58:13	—

The PB harvest

82 set · 20 still standing

Bojie Chen (陈博杰) — 4×4 single 35.58: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Victor Tang Yao Jun (湯曜駿) — 5×5 single 1:06.81: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Yiquan Ling (凌艺全) — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 15 of 16 cubes · 57:17: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Kaiyi Li (李铠驿) — 4×4 single 38.78: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Victor Tang Yao Jun (湯曜駿) — 4×4 single 39.28: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Nanbin Zhang (张楠彬) — 4×4 single 40.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Nanbin Zhang (张楠彬) — 7×7 single 3:16.34: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Wenjun Wang (王文军) — 6×6 single 2:22.75: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

77 competitors · 308 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

77 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.