Competitions · Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Championship 2023

Hong Kong · 21 October 2023 · 13 events · 177 competitors · 257 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won six of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) by 0.13 seconds. 177 competitors produced 257 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Junliang Huang (黄骏亮) set the 5×5 single national record: 41.62.

Six wins

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.13s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) over Antoine Cantin

257

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Qixian Cao (曹岂娴)	5.85	6.31
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.52	1.61
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	22.60	24.78
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	44.32	46.40
6×6	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	1:18.15	1:25.47
7×7	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	2:01.90	2:12.19
3×3 blindfolded	Antoine Cantin	26.94	—
3×3 one-handed	Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)	10.49	12.29
Clock	Zih-Siang Huang (黃子翔)	5.48	5.80
Megaminx	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	39.34	41.07
Pyraminx	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	2.76	3.43
Skewb	Henry Tang Kun Chung (鄧貫中)	2.59	3.24
Square-1	Timothy Kong Wing Sum (江永琛)	11.25	12.17

The PB harvest

257 set · 73 still standing

Guangmei Chen (陈光美) — 3×3 single 5.29: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
Wong Pat Lun (黃柏綸) — 3×3 single 6.28: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Suen Ming Chi (孫銘志) — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Huang Jun Long (黃俊龍) — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Tsang Hon Pong (曾漢邦) — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Ling Hei Nok (凌希諾) — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Tam Wing Him (譚永謙) — Skewb single 3.32: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Chan Ho Pong (陳顥邦) — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

177 competitors · 1083 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. Qixian Cao (曹岂娴) won it with a 6.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

177 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.