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Competitions · China

Changchun Open 2018

Changchun, Jilin · 18 June 2018 · 7 events · 102 competitors · 64 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won four of the seven events (6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Liudi Sun (孙柳笛) by 0.04 seconds. 102 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ziren Wang (王梓任) took a Clock single of 28.54 down to 11.42, 60 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.04s
closest final — Clock, Liudi Sun (孙柳笛) over Yan Zheng (郑岩)
64
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)6.287.55
6×6Sheng Cao (曹晟)1:55.952:04.08
7×7Sheng Cao (曹晟)2:43.652:52.04
3×3 one-handedSheng Cao (曹晟)12.3714.03
ClockLiudi Sun (孙柳笛)7.367.97
MegaminxSheng Cao (曹晟)43.8047.12
Square-1Tina Xiangyan Jin (金香延)11.4815.75

The PB harvest

64 set · 31 still standing

First-timers

48 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

102 competitors · 281 results · 7 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.