Competitions · Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Cube Day 2023

Hong Kong · 4 March 2023 · 11 events · 190 competitors · 162 personal bests

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Rinji Chan Pak Hei (陳柏熹) by 0.10 seconds. 190 competitors produced 162 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 100 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chan Sai Chong (陳世聰) set the 2×2 single national record: 2.16.

Three wins

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — Skewb, Rinji Chan Pak Hei (陳柏熹) over Henry Tang Kun Chung (鄧貫中)

162

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	4.17	6.03
2×2	Bofan Zhang (张博藩)	1.23	1.32
4×4	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	22.88	27.05
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	50.40	51.96
3×3 blindfolded	Alvin Hiu Yeung Cheng (鄭曉洋)	29.50	—
3×3 one-handed	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	7.60	9.95
Clock	Suen Ming Chi (孫銘志)	4.83	5.91
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	32.37	35.17
Pyraminx	Shengze Tang (唐圣泽)	1.66	2.43
Skewb	Rinji Chan Pak Hei (陳柏熹)	3.23	3.96
Square-1	Alvin Hiu Yeung Cheng (鄭曉洋)	9.45	11.85

The PB harvest

162 set · 26 still standing

Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jieyu Yang (杨杰予) — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Henry Tang Kun Chung (鄧貫中) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.33: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Suen Ming Chi (孫銘志) — 4×4 single 31.20: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Zheqi Zhu (诸哲祺) — 3×3 single 8.48: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Wong Yuk Chi (黃昱誌) — Megaminx single 47.54: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Wenjun Huo (霍文俊) — 3×3 blindfolded single 35.35: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — 5×5 single 1:01.35: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

100 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

190 competitors · 792 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. Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won it with a 6.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

190 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.