Competitions · China

Chongqing Open 2018

Chongqing · 8 December 2018 · 7 events · 201 competitors · 102 personal bests

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) won two of the seven events (3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jiming Ran (冉济铭) by 0.51 seconds. 201 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 128 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zijie Wei (魏子杰) took a 2×2 single of 13.38 down to 7.25, 46 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.51s

closest final — Skewb, Jiming Ran (冉济铭) over Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dawei Xu (徐大卫)	6.23	7.82
2×2	Bo Tang (唐搏)	2.12	2.79
4×4	Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)	26.17	34.29
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	26.95	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	13.47	16.00
Pyraminx	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	2.85	4.49
Skewb	Jiming Ran (冉济铭)	3.12	4.12

The PB harvest

102 set · 46 still standing

Qingyuan Xiao (肖庆源) — 4×4 single 32.97: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Yisheng Pan (潘奕晟) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.71: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Yuhao You (游宇豪) — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Siyi He (何思仪) — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Lirui Bai (白礼瑞) — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Gang Yang (杨港) — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Yisheng Pan (潘奕晟) — 3×3 single 11.23: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Jie Xiong (熊杰) — 3×3 single 11.37: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

128 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

201 competitors · 642 results · 7 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 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

201 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.