Competitions · China

Heze Open 2019

Heze, Shangdong · 21 July 2019 · 6 events · 186 competitors · 160 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won the 3×3 with a 8.68 and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Aolin Tang (唐奥林) by 0.03 seconds. 186 competitors produced 160 personal bests, 85 of which still stand today, and 92 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gaoyang Wang (王高阳) took a 2×2 single of 8.28 down to 2.97, 64 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.03s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Aolin Tang (唐奥林) over Sheng Cao (曹晟)

160

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	8.51	8.68
2×2	Chengyang Song (宋成阳)	1.37	2.29
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	25.88	29.05
3×3 one-handed	Aolin Tang (唐奥林)	12.90	13.27
Pyraminx	Yilin Miao (苗宜琳)	2.80	3.41
Skewb	Peixuan Shi (时培轩)	2.83	3.83

The PB harvest

160 set · 85 still standing

Zhiliang Li (李治良) — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Yuqi Liu (刘瑜琪) — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Shangwen Li (李尚文) — Pyraminx single 3.20: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Chengyang Song (宋成阳) — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Haoze Liu (刘浩泽) — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Yue Zhang (张悦) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Zaiyuan Chu (初载源) — Pyraminx single 3.65: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Zhaoshuai Zhong (仲昭帅) — Skewb single 3.79: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

92 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

186 competitors · 834 results · 6 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. Sheng Cao (曹晟) won it with a 8.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.