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Chengdu Open 2014

Chengdu, Sichuan · 2 May 2014 · 8 events · 55 competitors · 54 personal bests

Xiaolin Zeng (曾小林) won the 3×3 with a 9.72 and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Bo Wang (王擘) by 0.00 seconds. 55 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pinjing Xu (徐品晶) took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:02.75 down to 30.20, 52 percent better in one day.

8
events decided
0.00s
closest final — 4×4, Bo Wang (王擘) over Xuesi Chen (陈学思)
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xiaolin Zeng (曾小林)8.369.72
2×2Xuesi Chen (陈学思)3.995.11
4×4Bo Wang (王擘)39.4845.54
5×5Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远)1:40.131:41.79
3×3 blindfoldedXin Shi (石欣)2:24.96
3×3 one-handedHaixin Yang (杨海鑫)15.7219.42
PyraminxMengxiao Tang (唐孟骁)5.107.54
SkewbDeyang Wang (王德阳)8.5810.19

The PB harvest

54 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

55 competitors · 245 results · 8 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. Xiaolin Zeng (曾小林) won it with a 9.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.