Competitions · China

Hefei Open 2016

Hefei, Anhui · 15 July 2016 · 18 events · 167 competitors · 199 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Boxi Chen (陈博希) by 0.36 seconds. 167 competitors produced 199 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 3×3 blindfolded average world record: 24.72.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.36s

closest final — Pyraminx, Boxi Chen (陈博希) over Sheng Cao (曹晟)

199

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kailong Li (李开隆)	8.29	8.62
2×2	Yinqin Li (李尹钦)	1.75	2.10
4×4	Weixing Zhang (张炜星)	26.80	33.13
5×5	Weixing Zhang (张炜星)	1:02.33	1:06.59
6×6	Zhiqing Shi (石志庆)	2:03.28	2:06.85
7×7	Shenchuan Mao (毛神川)	2:44.36	2:46.67
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	22.27	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ziheng Ma (马子恒)	26 moves	28.00
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	12.00	13.01
Clock	Shengliang Cai (蔡盛梁)	6.34	6.63
Megaminx	Haojiang Zou (邹昊江)	47.16	52.95
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	3.25	4.21
Skewb	Zhenyu Zhang (张振宇)	2.75	3.27
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.73	11.44
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	2:10.08	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	5:30.02	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	22 of 29 cubes · 53:04	—
3×3 with feet	Haichuan Du (杜海川)	32.74	39.26

The PB harvest

199 set · 67 still standing

Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — Skewb single 2.61: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜) — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Jialue Huang (黄家略) — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Boxi Chen (陈博希) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.75: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Fangze Zheng (郑方泽) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.47: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Jialue Huang (黄家略) — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Jialue Huang (黄家略) — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Fangze Zheng (郑方泽) — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

167 competitors · 989 results · 18 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. Kailong Li (李开隆) won it with a 8.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

167 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.