Competitions · China

Chengdu Winter Open 2018

Chengdu, Sichuan Province · 24 November 2018 · 8 events · 133 competitors · 100 personal bests

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) won three of the eight events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) by 0.01 seconds. 133 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuyang Liu (刘宇阳) took a Skewb single of 27.28 down to 5.76, 79 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) over Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	7.36	8.07
2×2	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	1.14	1.98
4×4	Heng Wu (吴恒)	32.35	34.04
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	33.25	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	15.26	16.55
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	3.24	3.56
Skewb	Yuhao You (游宇豪)	2.71	3.91
Square-1	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	9.88	11.52

The PB harvest

100 set · 44 still standing

Yuhao You (游宇豪) — Skewb single 2.71: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — Skewb single 2.94: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Xiangyi Zheng (郑祥熠) — 4×4 single 33.72: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Hao Liu (刘昊) — 3×3 single 9.77: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Bingshi Wang (王冰释) — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Changxin Zhou (周长昕) — 3×3 single 10.76: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Lin Ma (马霖) — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

133 competitors · 532 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. Lukas Shelley won it with a 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.