Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
Competitions → China → Guilin Open 2019

Competitions · China

Guilin Open 2019

Guilin, Guangxi · 8 June 2019 · 8 events · 109 competitors · 120 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Yusheng Du (杜宇生) by 0.02 seconds. 109 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 66 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ke Feng (冯可) took a Pyraminx single of 21.44 down to 8.30, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Yusheng Du (杜宇生) over Tao Wen (温韬)
120
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yusheng Du (杜宇生)6.587.56
2×2Yiting Chen (陈怡廷)1.362.25
4×4Yusheng Du (杜宇生)25.6430.39
5×5Yusheng Du (杜宇生)54.9457.35
3×3 blindfoldedShubin Ou (欧书彬)53.34
3×3 one-handedYusheng Du (杜宇生)9.7313.41
PyraminxOwen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)1.902.92
SkewbJiming Ran (冉济铭)3.363.66

The PB harvest

120 set · 66 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

109 competitors · 461 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 7.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.