Competitions · Vietnam

HCMC Summer Open 2016

Ho Chi Minh · 30 July 2016 · 11 events · 111 competitors · 91 personal bests

Dương Hữu Khang won four of the eleven events (2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Trần Thanh Phong by 0.10 seconds. 111 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 68 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh set the 4×4 single national record: 28.53.

Four wins

Dương Hữu Khang — 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1

0.10s

closest final — 3×3, Trần Thanh Phong over Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Trần Thanh Phong	8.61	9.90
2×2	Dương Hữu Khang	2.31	2.78
4×4	Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh	28.53	36.11
5×5	Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh	1:06.41	1:14.86
6×6	Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh	2:36.36	2:39.17
7×7	Trần Thanh Phong	3:55.18	4:08.28
3×3 blindfolded	Đoàn Văn Danh	1:19.75	—
3×3 one-handed	Le Huu Anh Tu	16.34	17.99
Pyraminx	Dương Hữu Khang	5.75	6.91
Skewb	Dương Hữu Khang	5.43	6.29
Square-1	Dương Hữu Khang	12.35	15.23

The PB harvest

91 set · 42 still standing

Phan Hoàng Khải — 3×3 single 9.92: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Phước An Vũ — 3×3 single 10.11: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Nguyen Duc Khoi — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Phan Phú Thịnh — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Nguyen Duc Khoi — 3×3 single 10.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Cao Quang Khải — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Hồ Trọng Khải — 3×3 single 11.28: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Huỳnh Bá Tùng — 3×3 single 12.12: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

68 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 420 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. Trần Thanh Phong won it with a 9.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.