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Chongqing Open 2016

Chongqing · 16 July 2016 · 12 events · 125 competitors · 148 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won four of the twelve events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ziang Pan (潘子昂) by 0.15 seconds. 125 competitors produced 148 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jacky Koo Chun Ki (顧俊祺) set the Megaminx average national record: 50.35.

Four wins
Lin Chen (陈霖) — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.15s
closest final — Skewb, Ziang Pan (潘子昂) over Pengfei Luo (罗芃霏)
148
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lin Chen (陈霖)8.609.33
2×2Xiaofeng Zheng (郑晓锋)1.752.40
4×4Bo Wang (王擘)34.1440.79
5×5Lin Chen (陈霖)1:02.861:08.44
7×7Lin Chen (陈霖)2:44.402:45.46
3×3 blindfoldedFan Yu (余帆)1:45.55
3×3 one-handedLin Chen (陈霖)13.5213.99
MegaminxJacky Koo Chun Ki (顧俊祺)48.8650.35
PyraminxYulun Wu (吴宇伦)2.944.16
SkewbZiang Pan (潘子昂)3.794.66
Square-1Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾)13.6615.23
3×3 with feetRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)34.0139.06

The PB harvest

148 set · 51 still standing

First-timers

39 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

125 competitors · 688 results · 12 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. Lin Chen (陈霖) won it with a 9.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.