Competitions · China

Harbin Open 2018

Harbin, Heilongjiang · 9 June 2018 · 11 events · 134 competitors · 141 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won four of the eleven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) by 0.38 seconds. 134 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jack Pan (潘杰康) set the 2×2 average continental record: 1.55.

Four wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.38s

closest final — 3×3, Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) over Jack Pan (潘杰康)

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	7.94	8.45
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.27	1.55
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	30.66	34.86
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	27.98	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Baiqiang Dong (董百强)	26 moves	27.67
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	11.24	13.38
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.65	4.42
Skewb	Mo Xue (薛墨)	4.73	5.89
Square-1	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	11.69	16.43
4×4 blindfolded	Shenghai Fang (方胜海)	3:13.75	—
5×5 blindfolded	Shenghai Fang (方胜海)	9:18.38	—

The PB harvest

141 set · 70 still standing

Jingheng An (安敬恒) — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jinyi Deng (邓晋一) — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Lianhao Xu (徐廉浩) — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Haiming Wang (王海铭) — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Pinhua Li (李品华) — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Yang Li (李洋) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.65: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Mo Xue (薛墨) — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Xiaotong Zhou (周晓曈) — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% 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

134 competitors · 546 results · 11 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 8.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

134 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.