Competitions · China

Changsha Open 2023

Changsha, Hunan · 23 December 2023 · 5 events · 191 competitors · 103 personal bests

Yufang Du (杜昱方) won the 3×3 with a 5.60 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Shengze Tang (唐圣泽) by 0.17 seconds. 191 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 80 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yunrui Peng (彭云瑞) took a Skewb single of 14.74 down to 4.19, 72 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.17s

closest final — Skewb, Shengze Tang (唐圣泽) over Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)

103

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yufang Du (杜昱方)	5.06	5.60
2×2	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	1.32	1.50
3×3 blindfolded	Yifan Wang (王逸帆)	17.81	—
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.47	1.68
Skewb	Shengze Tang (唐圣泽)	2.36	2.67

The PB harvest

103 set · 39 still standing

Enxi Peng (彭恩希) — 3×3 single 5.64: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
Yunrui Peng (彭云瑞) — 3×3 single 5.81: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
Zizhou Wang (王梓洲) — 3×3 single 6.14: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Jiajun Wu (吴佳骏) — 3×3 single 6.58: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Jiate Xie (谢佳特) — 2×2 single 1.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — Pyraminx single 2.00: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Yunmiao Gao (高云淼) — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Yiting Chen (陈怡廷) — 3×3 single 7.53: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

80 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

191 competitors · 625 results · 5 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. Yufang Du (杜昱方) won it with a 5.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

191 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.