Competitions · China

Guangdong Open 2018

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 30 April 2018 · 16 events · 284 competitors · 258 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 16 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) by 0.12 seconds. 284 competitors produced 258 personal bests, 102 of which still stand today, and 80 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Qijun Miao (缪其隽) set the Skewb single continental record: 1.30.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) over Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)

258

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	6.30	8.18
2×2	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	2.21	2.78
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	28.37	30.08
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	52.22	56.27
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:37.98	1:42.42
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:24.28	2:30.56
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	19.49	—
3×3 one-handed	Junlong Li (李俊龙)	11.52	13.54
Clock	Tairan Zhong (钟泰然)	4.32	5.28
Megaminx	Jacky Koo Chun Ki (顧俊祺)	42.36	47.18
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	1.85	2.93
Skewb	Qijun Miao (缪其隽)	1.30	3.07
Square-1	Jiawei Wu (伍嘉维)	10.49	12.93
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:45.11	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	4:43.78	—
3×3 with feet	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	29.09	33.36

The PB harvest

258 set · 102 still standing

Qijun Miao (缪其隽) — Skewb single 1.30: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — Skewb single 2.02: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Chengming Su (苏成明) — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Xinbao Huang (黄新宝) — Pyraminx single 2.75: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Zhichun Li (李志纯) — Skewb single 2.63: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jinxin Li (李金鑫) — Pyraminx single 2.95: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Gefeng Guo (郭革锋) — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Congkai Ruan (阮琮凯) — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

80 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

284 competitors · 1330 results · 16 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

284 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.