Competitions · China

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 13 August 2016 · 14 events · 203 competitors · 198 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) by 0.03 seconds. 203 competitors produced 198 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 76 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Bo Huang (黄镈) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average continental record: 26.33.

Five wins

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.03s

closest final — Clock, Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) over Tairan Zhong (钟泰然)

198

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	7.50	8.23
2×2	Yan-Hung Lai (賴彥宏)	2.03	2.45
4×4	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	28.33	32.77
5×5	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	57.72	1:01.53
6×6	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	1:52.35	2:06.12
7×7	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	3:01.60	3:13.46
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	23.85	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Bo Huang (黄镈)	22 moves	26.33
3×3 one-handed	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	11.70	13.52
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	6.29	6.86
Megaminx	Yuchen Huang (黄禹尘)	48.87	51.37
Pyraminx	Wei Liu (刘炜)	3.48	4.18
Skewb	Qijun Miao (缪其隽)	2.99	4.05
Square-1	Bingliang Li (李炳良)	9.14	10.94

The PB harvest

198 set · 57 still standing

Jiahua Zhang (张家华) — 3×3 single 7.11: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Bo Huang (黄镈) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 22 moves: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Zeqin Chen (陈泽钦) — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Wei Liu (刘炜) — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — Pyraminx single 2.86: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Youlin Guo (郭佑林) — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Shujuan Luo (罗淑娟) — Pyraminx single 3.72: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Jiahua Zhang (张家华) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.28: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

76 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

203 competitors · 1095 results · 14 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 8.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

203 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.