Competitions · Chinese Taipei

HCHS Winter Open 2024

Hsinchu · 3 February 2024 · 5 events · 76 competitors · 77 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the five events (4×4, 5×5, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yen-An Chen (陳彥安) by 0.05 seconds. 76 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) set the 3×3 average national record: 6.25.

Three wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 4×4, 5×5, Skewb

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Yen-An Chen (陳彥安) over Yan-Hung Lai (賴彥宏)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	6.56	7.01
2×2	Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)	1.93	2.34
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	23.11	24.35
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	37.12	40.52
Skewb	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	2.52	3.31

The PB harvest

77 set · 15 still standing

Tang-Kai Huang (黃堂愷) — 4×4 single 31.10: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Shih-Chu Lin (林祏玖) — 3×3 single 8.79: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Jia-En Tsai (蔡家恩) — 5×5 single 1:11.26: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Liang-Hsun Chen (陳亮勛) — 3×3 single 12.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Mao-Hsiang Huang (黃茂翔) — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Qing-Chun Weng (翁慶淳) — 2×2 single 3.60: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
Qing-Chun Weng (翁慶淳) — Skewb single 5.47: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Po-Hao Huang (黃博晧) — Skewb single 5.50: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 424 results · 5 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.