Competitions · China

Hangzhou Open 2018

Hangzhou, Zhejiang · 10 November 2018 · 18 events · 185 competitors · 236 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won four of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) by 0.22 seconds. 185 competitors produced 236 personal bests, 88 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 4×4 blindfolded average world record: 1:35.07.

Four wins

Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.22s

closest final — Skewb, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) over Qi Zhou (周祺)

236

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	6.83	7.62
2×2	Lukas Shelley	1.60	1.93
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	23.80	32.67
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	49.53	56.66
6×6	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	1:40.04	1:51.14
7×7	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	2:25.50	2:42.13
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	22.87	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Xinyuan Fan (范歆远)	28 moves	29.00
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	10.90	12.82
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.74	6.00
Megaminx	Renxin Tang (汤任欣)	39.08	47.49
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	2.56	3.59
Skewb	Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)	1.67	4.19
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	6.30	10.24
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:30.82	1:35.07
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	3:47.17	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	36 of 45 cubes · 57:52	—
3×3 with feet	Chengming Su (苏成明)	27.00	34.16

The PB harvest

236 set · 88 still standing

Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Antoine Cantin — Skewb single 2.33: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ruoxin Zhou (周若昕) — Square-1 single 8.12: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Liudi Sun (孙柳笛) — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Tian Qiu (邱天) — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

185 competitors · 1229 results · 18 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 7.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

185 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.