Competitions · China

Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024

Huzhou, Zhejiang · 24 August 2024 · 5 events · 139 competitors · 128 personal bests

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) won three of the five events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Zhen Chen (陈震) by 0.07 seconds. 139 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zihao Shen (沈子皓) took a 3×3 single of 29.89 down to 8.29, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.07s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Zhen Chen (陈震) over Yongjie Yan (严勇杰)

128

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yufang Du (杜昱方)	3.86	5.29
4×4	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	21.52	26.20
5×5	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	41.06	42.88
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	9.39	11.11
Megaminx	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	26.54	30.87

The PB harvest

128 set · 56 still standing

Yongjie Yan (严勇杰) — 3×3 single 5.50: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Yifan Yuan (袁逸凡) — 3×3 one-handed single 8.74: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Yifan Yuan (袁逸凡) — 3×3 single 5.97: into the top 0.47% of the event's history.
Chufan Cao (曹楚凡) — 3×3 single 6.25: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Yuqi Fu (傅钰淇) — 4×4 single 26.05: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Mingbo Zhou (周明博) — 3×3 single 6.76: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Kepan Tu (涂可攀) — 3×3 single 7.15: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Chenchen Ge (葛陈晨) — 3×3 single 7.32: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

139 competitors · 525 results · 5 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. Yufang Du (杜昱方) won it with a 5.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

139 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.