Competitions · China

Harbin Open 2019

Harbin, Heilongjiang · 22 December 2019 · 7 events · 138 competitors · 75 personal bests

Yezhen Han (韩业臻) won the 3×3 with a 7.69 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Guanbo Wang (王冠博) by 0.48 seconds. 138 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 68 of which still stand today, and 78 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yizheng Song (宋奕铮) took a Skewb single of 20.95 down to 6.98, 67 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.48s

closest final — 2×2, Guanbo Wang (王冠博) over Huixuan Shi (施慧轩)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yezhen Han (韩业臻)	6.65	7.69
2×2	Guanbo Wang (王冠博)	2.03	2.90
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	28.79	30.67
3×3 blindfolded	Rodrigo Zarate	37.71	—
3×3 one-handed	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	10.56	13.51
Pyraminx	Jiaming Zhang (张嘉铭)	2.23	2.53
Skewb	Chengda Ge (葛成达)	3.69	4.47

The PB harvest

75 set · 68 still standing

Yunhan Yao (姚云瀚) — 3×3 single 7.74: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Yizheng Song (宋奕铮) — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Hongrun Li (李虹润) — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jiaming Zhang (张嘉铭) — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Chao Wang (王超) — 3×3 single 9.95: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Shitan Li (李时郯) — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Zarate — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Mingze Yang (杨明泽) — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

78 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

138 competitors · 503 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. Yezhen Han (韩业臻) won it with a 7.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.