Competitions · Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017

Ho Chi Minh City · 19 August 2017 · 12 events · 140 competitors · 157 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won five of the twelve events (6×6, 7×7, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nguyễn Hoàng Quân by 0.14 seconds. 140 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dương Hữu Khang set the Square-1 single national record: 11.29.

Five wins

Clément Cherblanc — 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Nguyễn Hoàng Quân over Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh

157

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nguyễn Hoàng Quân	8.49	9.40
2×2	Dương Hữu Khang	2.26	2.79
4×4	Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh	31.43	35.45
5×5	Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh	1:04.40	1:11.76
6×6	Clément Cherblanc	2:10.56	2:15.87
7×7	Clément Cherblanc	3:22.36	3:35.76
3×3 blindfolded	Đoàn Văn Danh	1:37.68	—
3×3 one-handed	Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh	16.07	17.45
Megaminx	Clément Cherblanc	57.87	1:06.43
Pyraminx	Nguyễn Bảo Ngân	2.61	4.84
Skewb	Clément Cherblanc	2.46	4.42
Square-1	Clément Cherblanc	10.04	12.76

The PB harvest

157 set · 52 still standing

Hong Quan Nguyen — 3×3 single 7.50: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Bảo Ngân — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Dương Hữu Khang — Skewb single 3.38: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Lê Quốc Khánh — 3×3 single 10.03: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Trịnh Gia Hưng — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Việt Thanh — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Hồ Nam — 3×3 one-handed single 15.43: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Lê Quốc Khánh — 3×3 one-handed single 15.60: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 553 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

140 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.