Competitions · China

Dongguan Open 2018

Dongguan, Guangdong · 4 March 2018 · 6 events · 155 competitors · 141 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) by 0.27 seconds. 155 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Taoran Chen (陈陶然) took a 2×2 single of 9.10 down to 4.29, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.27s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) over Zhenwei Su (苏振威)

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.59	8.44
2×2	Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)	2.15	2.78
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	27.43	28.47
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	13.58	14.91
Pyraminx	Lincheng Cai (蔡林成)	3.63	4.33
Skewb	Qijun Miao (缪其隽)	2.86	3.62

The PB harvest

141 set · 33 still standing

Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻) — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Yexin Cai (蔡烨欣) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.04: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Jianhua Yin (尹建桦) — Skewb single 4.08: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Lian Tao (陶立安) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.62: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Jialong Liu (刘嘉龙) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.75: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Cheng Feng (冯程) — Pyraminx single 4.84: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Zijian Chen (陈子健) — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Lian Tao (陶立安) — 4×4 single 43.23: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

155 competitors · 576 results · 6 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 8.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

155 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.