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Hangzhou Winter Open 2014

Hangzhou · 29 November 2014 · 8 events · 54 competitors · 45 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won three of the eight events (6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Shujie Fang (方述杰) by 0.33 seconds. 54 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hongtu Gu (古宏图) took a 3×3 one-handed single of 38.51 down to 23.32, 39 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Lin Chen (陈霖) — 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.33s
closest final — 2×2, Shujie Fang (方述杰) over Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)
45
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)8.509.20
2×2Shujie Fang (方述杰)2.563.03
4×4Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)37.4141.69
5×5Zhiqing Shi (石志庆)1:06.441:22.04
6×6Lin Chen (陈霖)2:14.672:21.46
7×7Lin Chen (陈霖)3:02.263:12.09
3×3 blindfoldedLorenzo Vigani Poli1:40.83
3×3 one-handedLin Chen (陈霖)13.6615.21

The PB harvest

45 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

54 competitors · 199 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 9.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.