Competitions · China

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018

Zhuhai, Guangdong · 6 April 2018 · 13 events · 176 competitors · 175 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) by 0.53 seconds. 176 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 18.32.

Three wins

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.53s

closest final — 3×3, Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) over Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)

175

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	7.33	8.32
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.47	1.69
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	27.38	28.46
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	53.80	57.14
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:42.93	1:44.96
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:11.46	2:18.48
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	21.89	24.29
3×3 one-handed	Yuhao Deng (邓宇豪)	11.84	11.99
Clock	Tairan Zhong (钟泰然)	4.40	5.12
Megaminx	Tianlang Han (韩天朗)	46.11	48.76
Pyraminx	Yun-Yi Lin (林昀毅)	2.41	3.06
Skewb	Qijun Miao (缪其隽)	2.45	3.79
Square-1	Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)	10.06	12.24

The PB harvest

175 set · 44 still standing

Tian Chen (陈天) — 3×3 single 7.65: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Qiao Wen (温峭) — Pyraminx single 2.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Jiawen Cai (蔡嘉汶) — 3×3 single 8.08: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Kam Chor Kin (甘楚健) — 5×5 single 54.36: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Weihao Bang (彭伟豪) — Pyraminx single 3.09: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Jinren Liu (刘津任) — 3×3 single 8.90: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Kevin Chau Ka Wai (周嘉偉) — 4×4 single 33.36: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Weihao Bang (彭伟豪) — 3×3 single 9.44: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

176 competitors · 952 results · 13 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. Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won it with a 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

176 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.