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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Hsinchu Winter Open 2014

Hsinchu · 14 December 2014 · 9 events · 44 competitors · 39 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) by 0.04 seconds. 44 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖) set the 5×5 single national record: 1:00.38.

Two wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4
0.04s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)7.858.74
2×2Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正)2.663.30
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)32.4334.68
5×5Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖)1:00.381:06.95
3×3 blindfoldedKuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)2:18.19
3×3 one-handedHao-Zheng Lin (林浩正)15.4916.25
ClockHung Lo (羅鴻)8.058.63
PyraminxHsiu-Lin Chuang (莊修霖)4.184.92
3×3 with feetShu-Yii Luo (駱書翊)1:49.852:07.59

The PB harvest

39 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 248 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 8.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.