Competitions · Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Open 2018

Ho Chi Minh City · 14 July 2018 · 13 events · 115 competitors · 178 personal bests

Nguyễn Hồ Nam won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dương Hữu Khang by 0.17 seconds. 115 competitors produced 178 personal bests, 94 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dương Hữu Khang set the Square-1 single national record: 11.17.

Four wins

Nguyễn Hồ Nam — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Dương Hữu Khang over Đoàn Trường Sơn

178

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nguyễn Hoàng Quân	7.77	8.91
2×2	Dương Hữu Khang	1.93	2.61
4×4	Nguyễn Hồ Nam	34.54	36.57
5×5	Nguyễn Hồ Nam	1:05.20	1:09.05
6×6	Nguyễn Hồ Nam	1:57.73	2:02.00
7×7	Nguyễn Hồ Nam	2:59.07	3:03.63
3×3 blindfolded	Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫)	1:12.04	—
3×3 one-handed	Lê Hà Phong	13.39	13.86
Clock	Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫)	10.69	12.71
Megaminx	Lê Quốc Khánh	56.57	1:04.55
Pyraminx	Nguyễn Hồng Anh Khoa	3.18	4.64
Skewb	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng	2.50	5.16
Square-1	Dương Hữu Khang	11.17	14.05

The PB harvest

178 set · 94 still standing

Nguyễn Hồ Nam — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng — Skewb single 2.50: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Hoàng Quân — 3×3 one-handed single 12.81: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Hồng Anh Khoa — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Dương Hữu Khang — 3×3 single 8.88: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Đoàn Trường Sơn — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Nông Thuận Hiếu — 3×3 single 9.35: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Trần Khánh Dương — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 609 results · 13 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. Nguyễn Hoàng Quân won it with a 8.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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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.