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Competitions · China

Dongguan Open 2016

Dongguan, Guangdong · 31 January 2016 · 7 events · 77 competitors · 60 personal bests

Kailong Li (李开隆) won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Kailong Li (李开隆) by 0.02 seconds. 77 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍) took a Skewb single of 25.10 down to 5.96, 76 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Kailong Li (李开隆) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Kailong Li (李开隆) over Yuhao Deng (邓宇豪)
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kailong Li (李开隆)7.549.74
2×2Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)1.862.23
4×4Kailong Li (李开隆)29.3534.29
3×3 blindfoldedYucheng Chen (陈裕铖)48.18
3×3 one-handedKailong Li (李开隆)16.1416.57
PyraminxQijun Miao (缪其隽)5.176.01
SkewbQijun Miao (缪其隽)3.174.71

The PB harvest

60 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

28 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

77 competitors · 332 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. Kailong Li (李开隆) won it with a 9.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.