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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017

Kaohsiung · 10 September 2017 · 7 events · 48 competitors · 40 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) by 0.43 seconds. 48 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 8.91.

Four wins
Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.43s
closest final — 2×2, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) over Yan-Hung Lai (賴彥宏)
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)6.166.51
2×2Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)1.802.26
4×4Yongting You (尤永庭)29.9032.29
5×5Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)53.4658.37
6×6Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)1:50.191:51.97
3×3 one-handedKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)10.5311.32
ClockShun-Hsin Chang (張舜欣)8.679.50

The PB harvest

40 set · 2 still standing

First-timers

Eight 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 249 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. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.