Competitions · China

Hefei Open 2025

Hefei, Anhui · 25 October 2025 · 5 events · 190 competitors · 108 personal bests

Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) won two of the five events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) by 0.09 seconds. 190 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) set the 2×2 single world record: 0.39.

Two wins

Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — 2×2, Skewb

0.09s

closest final — Skewb, Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) over Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	4.36	4.62
2×2	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	1.27	1.50
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	8.45	9.48
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.17	1.33
Skewb	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	1.68	2.48

The PB harvest

108 set · 63 still standing

Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — 2×2 single 0.39: into the top 0.00053% of the event's history.
Sky Guo (郭建欣) — 2×2 single 0.41: into the top 0.0011% of the event's history.
Tian Xia (夏天) — 2×2 single 0.45: into the top 0.0032% of the event's history.
Jiayao Guo (郭家瑶) — Skewb single 1.44: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Shiyou Gu (顾释友) — Skewb single 1.66: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Shiyou Gu (顾释友) — 3×3 single 6.72: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Zhiyi Yang (杨芝懿) — 2×2 single 1.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Muyang Liu (刘慕阳) — 2×2 single 1.24: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

190 competitors · 739 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. Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) won it with a 4.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

190 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.