Competitions · Vietnam

HCMC Spring Open 2016

Ho Chi Minh · 13 March 2016 · 7 events · 57 competitors · 59 personal bests

Dương Hữu Khang won three of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Trần Hưng Nghiêm by 0.10 seconds. 57 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dương Hữu Khang set the Square-1 average national record: 20.29.

Three wins

Dương Hữu Khang — 2×2, 4×4, Square-1

0.10s

closest final — Pyraminx, Trần Hưng Nghiêm over Nguyễn Phúc Thịnh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Đoàn Văn Danh	8.59	10.87
2×2	Dương Hữu Khang	2.26	3.45
4×4	Dương Hữu Khang	37.51	43.86
5×5	Nguyễn Bảo Ngân	1:25.37	1:27.32
3×3 one-handed	Đoàn Văn Danh	16.38	18.28
Pyraminx	Trần Hưng Nghiêm	4.67	6.79
Square-1	Dương Hữu Khang	16.70	20.29

The PB harvest

59 set · 23 still standing

Nguyễn Bảo Ngân — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Đoàn Văn Danh — 3×3 single 8.59: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Nghiêm Tuấn Hào — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Ha Chan Uy — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Đoàn Văn Danh — 3×3 one-handed single 16.38: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Hyeongseok Kim — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Ha Chan Uy — 4×4 single 46.79: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Lê Hoàng Minh — 5×5 single 1:25.25: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 212 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. Đoàn Văn Danh won it with a 10.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.