Competitions · China

Chengdu Open 2018

Chengdu · 29 April 2018 · 10 events · 181 competitors · 142 personal bests

Dawei Xu (徐大卫) won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Siyi He (何思仪) by 0.43 seconds. 181 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 91 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xiaoxiao Wang (王晓晓) took a Skewb single of 17.03 down to 6.68, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Dawei Xu (徐大卫) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.43s

closest final — Skewb, Siyi He (何思仪) over Xinyan Liu (刘心妍)

142

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dawei Xu (徐大卫)	8.53	8.70
2×2	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	1.93	2.54
4×4	Dawei Xu (徐大卫)	32.62	34.99
5×5	Dawei Xu (徐大卫)	1:04.94	1:09.26
3×3 blindfolded	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	31.81	—
3×3 one-handed	Haixin Yang (杨海鑫)	13.33	15.29
Megaminx	Xun Zhao (赵洵)	59.33	1:02.07
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	2.82	3.78
Skewb	Siyi He (何思仪)	4.64	5.06
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.38	10.28

The PB harvest

142 set · 57 still standing

Qingyuan Xiao (肖庆源) — 3×3 single 6.67: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Xun Zhao (赵洵) — Pyraminx single 3.05: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Xun Zhao (赵洵) — 3×3 single 8.61: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) — Pyraminx single 3.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Yingjie Zhu (朱英杰) — Square-1 single 9.82: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Yibo Peng (彭奕博) — Skewb single 3.68: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Yi Jiang (蒋羿) — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

91 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

181 competitors · 716 results · 10 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 8.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

181 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.