Competitions · Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Cube Day 2017

Hong Kong · 25 February 2017 · 11 events · 168 competitors · 118 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Weixing Zhang (张炜星) by 0.11 seconds. 168 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tairan Zhong (钟泰然) set the Clock average continental record: 5.78.

Three wins

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Weixing Zhang (张炜星) over Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	7.41	8.41
2×2	Weixing Zhang (张炜星)	2.95	3.42
4×4	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	27.26	29.51
5×5	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	57.59	59.02
3×3 blindfolded	Victor Tang Yao Jun (湯曜駿)	39.11	—
3×3 one-handed	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	9.91	12.41
Clock	Tairan Zhong (钟泰然)	5.23	5.78
Megaminx	Yuchen Huang (黄禹尘)	48.63	51.42
Pyraminx	Casper Wang Lai Man (王禮敏)	3.50	4.99
Skewb	Wai Hoi Suen (衛鎧瑄)	4.25	5.62
Square-1	Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻)	8.67	13.37

The PB harvest

118 set · 33 still standing

Wai Hoi Suen (衛鎧瑄) — Skewb single 4.25: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Benjin Chen (陈本锦) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.37: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Wong Kin Fung (黃健鋒) — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Chan Hiu Yeung (陳曉揚) — 3×3 single 12.14: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Yung Chin Pang (容展鵬) — 3×3 single 12.32: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
John Ho Chun Ho (何進灝) — 3×3 single 13.28: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Mok Yik Lam (莫翌林) — 4×4 single 45.78: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Benjin Chen (陈本锦) — Skewb single 5.29: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

168 competitors · 508 results · 11 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 8.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

168 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.