Competitions · China

Hefei Open 2017

Hefei · 5 October 2017 · 18 events · 194 competitors · 308 personal bests

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won two of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) by 0.02 seconds. 194 competitors produced 308 personal bests, 93 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Heng Wang (王衡) took a Skewb single of 12.51 down to 3.17, 75 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) over Zibo Xu (徐子博)

308

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	6.90	8.05
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.84	1.97
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	27.03	33.20
5×5	Bo Wang (王擘)	1:01.03	1:04.44
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:52.23	1:53.16
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:39.73	2:42.39
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	20.42	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	27 moves	31.33
3×3 one-handed	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	11.39	13.05
Clock	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	5.75	6.45
Megaminx	Renxin Tang (汤任欣)	50.04	52.20
Pyraminx	Yi Wang (王旖)	2.38	3.68
Skewb	Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)	2.18	3.27
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	9.38	10.46
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:51.05	—
5×5 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	7:58.22	8:40.53
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	35 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	32.58	34.74

The PB harvest

308 set · 93 still standing

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3 single 5.91: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Zongqiang Hu (胡宗强) — Skewb single 2.36: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jiajun Wu (吴佳骏) — Pyraminx single 2.87: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Xun Zhao (赵洵) — Skewb single 2.89: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) — Pyraminx single 3.25: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Yingcheng Tong (童映程) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Tao Hu (胡涛) — Skewb single 3.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

194 competitors · 1301 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. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) won it with a 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

194 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.