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Huizhou Open 2014

Huizhou, Guangdong Province · 27 July 2014 · 7 events · 62 competitors · 60 personal bests

Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) by 0.53 seconds. 62 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xiaoxue Zhou (周晓学) took a 2×2 single of 9.44 down to 4.26, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.53s
closest final — 2×2, Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) over Zhiwei Lin (林智玮)
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)9.6611.05
2×2Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)2.173.09
4×4Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)34.8337.30
3×3 blindfoldedMo Ji (季默)2:20.72
3×3 one-handedZhiwei Lin (林智玮)14.6815.16
PyraminxYi Wang (王旖)3.433.67
Square-1Yan Yu (于晏)14.4315.72

The PB harvest

60 set · 12 still standing

First-timers

20 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

62 competitors · 271 results · 7 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. Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) won it with a 11.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.