Competitions · China

Hefei Winter Open 2023

Hefei · 25 November 2023 · 5 events · 115 competitors · 96 personal bests

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) by 0.00 seconds. 115 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) set the 4×4 average national record: 23.81.

Two wins

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — 3×3, 4×4

0.00s

closest final — 3×3, Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) over Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	4.60	5.75
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	1.16	1.34
4×4	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	22.02	23.81
Pyraminx	Yifan Luo (骆奕帆)	1.64	2.09
Skewb	Coral Yuxin Cai (蔡羽欣)	1.70	2.55

The PB harvest

96 set · 28 still standing

Zhuo Zhang (张卓) — 3×3 single 6.13: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Jun Hu (胡骏) — Pyraminx single 1.79: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Jiarui Xiong (熊家瑞) — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Yunchu Wang (王云楚) — Skewb single 2.33: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Yunhan Li (李韵晗) — 3×3 single 7.74: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Zhihai Liu (刘之海) — 3×3 single 7.96: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Yi Huang (黄弋) — 2×2 single 1.65: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Yitong Cheng (程一同) — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 474 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. Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won it with a 5.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.