Competitions · China

Dalian Open 2018

Dalian, Liaoning · 27 May 2018 · 7 events · 140 competitors · 121 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won three of the seven events (2×2, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Mo Xue (薛墨) by 0.29 seconds. 140 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 66 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mingyuan Jiang (姜茗远) took a Pyraminx single of 34.54 down to 11.00, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 2×2, 5×5, Megaminx

0.29s

closest final — Skewb, Mo Xue (薛墨) over Lanqing Feng (冯兰青)

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Weihao Kong (孔维浩)	7.50	8.74
2×2	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	2.59	3.26
5×5	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	57.25	1:03.33
3×3 blindfolded	Zhi Qiao (乔智)	27.09	37.42
Megaminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	42.36	46.62
Pyraminx	Shuai Hu (胡帅)	3.18	4.05
Skewb	Mo Xue (薛墨)	4.63	5.62

The PB harvest

121 set · 53 still standing

Shuai Hu (胡帅) — Skewb single 2.34: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Zixi Yan (严子希) — 3×3 single 8.01: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Yulin Sun (孙玉麟) — Skewb single 2.60: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Shuyuan Zhang (张书源) — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Jinyi Deng (邓晋一) — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Jinyi Deng (邓晋一) — Skewb single 3.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Kun Lu (陆堃) — Skewb single 3.43: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Can Wang (王灿) — Skewb single 3.65: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

66 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

140 competitors · 524 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. Weihao Kong (孔维浩) won it with a 8.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.