Competitions · China

Huzhou Open 2024

Huzhou, Zhejiang · 30 March 2024 · 5 events · 186 competitors · 233 personal bests

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) won three of the five events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) by 0.91 seconds. 186 competitors produced 233 personal bests, 78 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) set the 5×5 single national record: 40.69.

Three wins

Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.91s

closest final — 3×3, Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) over Lukas Shelley

233

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	4.09	5.74
4×4	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	19.90	22.82
5×5	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	40.69	44.16
6×6	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:19.04	1:21.14
7×7	Ziyu Wu (吴子钰)	1:48.92	1:54.58

The PB harvest

233 set · 78 still standing

Yi Huang (黄弋) — 3×3 single 6.17: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Zhengtao Yu (俞正涛) — 4×4 single 25.82: into the top 0.94% of the event's history.
Tianzuo Du (杜天佐) — 4×4 single 26.11: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Zhengtao Yu (俞正涛) — 3×3 single 6.88: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Jianing Zhou (周稼宁) — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Zian Song (宋子安) — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Binyu Zhong (钟滨宇) — 4×4 single 30.31: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Hanfeng Zhang (张涵锋) — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

186 competitors · 687 results · 5 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 5.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.