Competitions · Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Open 2015

Ho Chi Minh City · 12 July 2015 · 9 events · 80 competitors · 42 personal bests

Đoàn Văn Danh won three of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Đoàn Văn Danh by 0.09 seconds. 80 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ngô Quang Nhật set the 3×3 blindfolded average national record: 2:44.53.

Three wins

Đoàn Văn Danh — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Đoàn Văn Danh over Dương Hữu Khang

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Đoàn Văn Danh	11.41	12.46
2×2	Dương Hữu Khang	3.00	3.44
4×4	Dương Hữu Khang	47.75	50.96
5×5	Nguyễn Bảo Ngân	1:39.65	—
3×3 blindfolded	Đoàn Văn Danh	1:18.96	—
3×3 one-handed	Đoàn Văn Danh	16.89	20.09
Megaminx	Mai Minh Phúc	1:52.76	—
Pyraminx	Trần Hưng Nghiêm	5.17	5.94
Skewb	Phan Nguyễn Mạnh Tân	5.83	—

The PB harvest

42 set · 25 still standing

Dương Bằng Vũ — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Đoàn Thanh Duy — 3×3 one-handed single 16.28: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Trần Hưng Nghiêm — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Lê Văn Thành Tâm — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Tăng Minh Trí — 3×3 single 13.27: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
La Văn Tiến — 2×2 single 3.43: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Nghiêm Tuấn Hào — 4×4 single 47.55: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
Đoàn Thanh Duy — 4×4 single 48.64: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 251 results · 9 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. Đoàn Văn Danh won it with a 12.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.