Competitions · China

Guilin Open 2025

Guilin, Guangxi · 19 October 2025 · 7 events · 131 competitors · 111 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Zijian Cai (蔡子健) by 0.05 seconds. 131 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Donglin Mo (莫东霖) took a 3×3 single of 30.05 down to 7.63, 75 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.05s

closest final — 4×4, Zijian Cai (蔡子健) over Hua Huang (黄华)

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.65	4.28
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.70	1.26
4×4	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	24.39	26.58
3×3 blindfolded	Hongjie Zhang (张鸿杰)	22.12	—
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	8.07	8.55
Pyraminx	Tian Xia (夏天)	1.48	2.18
Skewb	Yanchun Zhao (赵彦淳)	3.14	4.07

The PB harvest

111 set · 55 still standing

Hua Huang (黄华) — 4×4 single 19.72: into the top 0.043% of the event's history.
Zichen Xia (夏紫晨) — 3×3 single 6.01: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
Yangshuo Teng (滕仰硕) — 3×3 single 6.28: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Junxi Jian (简隽希) — 3×3 single 6.66: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Wenjun Luo (罗文俊) — 4×4 single 26.07: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Jun Wen (文俊) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.95: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Lianpeng Chen (陈联鹏) — 3×3 single 6.88: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Jiaxin Lu (卢嘉昕) — Pyraminx single 2.27: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

131 competitors · 614 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

131 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.