Competitions · China

Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023

Chengdu, Sichuan · 15 October 2023 · 5 events · 189 competitors · 109 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Like Li (李李可) by 0.03 seconds. 189 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 97 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) set the Pyraminx average continental record: 1.59.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Like Li (李李可) over Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	4.50	4.60
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	1.23	1.31
3×3 one-handed	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	12.19	12.36
Pyraminx	Like Li (李李可)	1.24	1.81
Skewb	Shengze Tang (唐圣泽)	2.22	2.73

The PB harvest

109 set · 36 still standing

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — Pyraminx single 1.31: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Shengze Tang (唐圣泽) — 3×3 single 6.61: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Shibo Zhang (张世博) — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — Skewb single 2.18: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Anjunyi Zeng (曾安儁逸) — 3×3 single 7.68: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Weifu Shen (沈为夫) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.64: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Chloe Gu — 3×3 one-handed single 13.19: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

97 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

189 competitors · 709 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

189 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.