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Chengdu Open 2016

Chengdu, Sichuan · 1 May 2016 · 8 events · 103 competitors · 69 personal bests

Dawei Xu (徐大卫) won the 3×3 with a 10.44 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇) by 0.09 seconds. 103 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 54 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lihuan Pan (潘礼环) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 8:13.92 down to 1:42.83, 79 percent better in one day.

8
events decided
0.09s
closest final — Skewb, Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇) over Mo Ji (季默)
69
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dawei Xu (徐大卫)8.6210.44
2×2Xiaofeng Zheng (郑晓锋)1.833.18
4×4Zijia Feng (冯子甲)31.2534.39
3×3 blindfoldedLihuan Pan (潘礼环)1:47.12
3×3 one-handedHaixin Yang (杨海鑫)16.3817.07
PyraminxZian Song (宋子安)4.435.82
SkewbZeyu Hu (胡泽宇)3.424.89
Square-1Junyue Liu (刘俊越)9.6114.11

The PB harvest

69 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

54 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

103 competitors · 500 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. Dawei Xu (徐大卫) won it with a 10.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.