Competitions · China

HUST Open 2018

Wuhan, Hubei · 26 May 2018 · 13 events · 111 competitors · 79 personal bests

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jack Pan (潘杰康) by 0.78 seconds. 111 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zeyu Liu (刘泽宇) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 8:17.96 down to 2:14.54, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.78s

closest final — 2×2, Jack Pan (潘杰康) over Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	7.12	7.81
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.59	1.85
4×4	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	28.89	30.92
5×5	Xin Luo (罗鑫)	57.64	59.23
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:37.29	1:44.71
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:21.38	2:27.11
3×3 blindfolded	Shenghai Fang (方胜海)	29.99	41.29
3×3 one-handed	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	13.92	14.96
Megaminx	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	40.58	43.93
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	2.40	2.79
Skewb	Qi Zhou (周祺)	2.90	3.64
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	7.90	10.28
3×3 with feet	Chengming Su (苏成明)	27.10	36.00

The PB harvest

79 set · 22 still standing

Ding Peng (彭鼎) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.29: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — Square-1 single 11.19: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Xin Luo (罗鑫) — Megaminx single 1:02.86: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Yaheng Song (宋亚恒) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.53: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — 3×3 with feet single 56.89: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Yaheng Song (宋亚恒) — 4×4 single 42.52: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Zihua Ding (丁梓骅) — 3×3 single 12.46: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Xiaolong Yuan (袁晓龙) — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

111 competitors · 549 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.