Competitions · China

Jiaozuo Open 2017

Jiaozuo, Henan · 25 November 2017 · 10 events · 214 competitors · 122 personal bests

Xuming Wang (王旭明) won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Haodong Cheng (程昊东) by 0.16 seconds. 214 competitors produced 122 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 127 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Zijia Feng (冯子甲) set the Square-1 average world record: 8.38.

Three wins

Xuming Wang (王旭明) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.16s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Haodong Cheng (程昊东) over Bo Wang (王擘)

122

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	8.03	9.55
2×2	Jack Pan (潘杰康)	1.27	1.67
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	24.40	32.91
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	1:00.36	1:03.51
3×3 blindfolded	Yongqiang Peng (彭永强)	42.76	1:15.16
3×3 one-handed	Haodong Cheng (程昊东)	13.81	17.14
Megaminx	Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)	45.40	49.36
Pyraminx	Yi Wang (王旖)	2.71	3.01
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	3.01	3.08
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.10	8.95

The PB harvest

122 set · 51 still standing

Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — Square-1 single 5.87: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
Bowen Zhang (张博文) — Pyraminx single 1.81: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — Pyraminx single 2.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — Pyraminx single 3.01: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Yuechen Ma (马跃宸) — Skewb single 3.15: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Yan Jin (金岩) — Square-1 single 10.03: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Xiaolei Zhou (周笑磊) — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Junpeng Wang (王俊鹏) — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

127 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

214 competitors · 739 results · 10 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. Xuming Wang (王旭明) won it with a 9.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

214 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.