Competitions · China

Guangzhou Grand Open 2026

Guangzhou, Guangdong · 5 October 2026 · 8 events · 497 competitors · 349 personal bests

Timofei Tarasenko won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) by 0.01 seconds. 497 competitors produced 349 personal bests, 347 of which still stand today, and 167 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) set the 3×3 single world record: 2.51.

Two wins

Timofei Tarasenko — 4×4, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) over Yanbo Liu (刘彦博)

349

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.28	4.20
2×2	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	1.08	1.26
4×4	Timofei Tarasenko	18.95	20.41
5×5	Timofei Tarasenko	32.77	34.62
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	7.79	8.34
Clock	Yening Liu (刘烨宁)	2.98	3.44
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.05	1.45
Skewb	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	2.12	2.30

The PB harvest

349 set · 347 still standing

Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) — 3×3 single 2.51: into the top 0.00035% of the event's history.
Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — 3×3 single 2.74: into the top 0.00069% of the event's history.
Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) — Pyraminx single 0.79: into the top 0.0038% of the event's history.
Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — Clock single 2.26: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Achilles Standring — Pyraminx single 1.45: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
Nachuan Sun (孙纳川) — Pyraminx single 1.56: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Yinuo Ma (马一诺) — Pyraminx single 1.64: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Renshuo Zhang (张韧铄) — Pyraminx single 1.69: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.

First-timers

167 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

497 competitors · 2676 results · 8 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

497 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.