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Guilin Open 2018

Guilin, Guangxi · 10 June 2018 · 7 events · 112 competitors · 104 personal bests

Kailong Li (李开隆) won two of the seven events (2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kailong Li (李开隆) by 0.04 seconds. 112 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jiacheng Hou (侯佳成) took a Skewb single of 20.55 down to 7.75, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Kailong Li (李开隆) — 2×2, 5×5
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Kailong Li (李开隆) over Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)
104
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mulun Yin (阴目仑)7.067.90
2×2Kailong Li (李开隆)3.073.69
4×4Xuming Wang (王旭明)26.6429.10
5×5Kailong Li (李开隆)53.8057.70
3×3 one-handedYuhao Deng (邓宇豪)11.9713.69
PyraminxLincheng Cai (蔡林成)4.064.85
SkewbJiawei Wu (伍嘉维)5.816.18

The PB harvest

104 set · 41 still standing

First-timers

41 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

112 competitors · 486 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.