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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018

Kaohsiung · 7 October 2018 · 8 events · 75 competitors · 109 personal bests

He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) won the 3×3 with a 8.49 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷) by 0.12 seconds. 75 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alyssa Chi (季家祺) took a 2×2 single of 8.35 down to 2.59, 69 percent better in one day.

8
events decided
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Yu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷) over Yu-Chine Lin (林佑謙)
109
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)7.968.49
2×2Yu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷)1.773.11
4×4Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)30.2932.72
5×5Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲)55.6758.48
6×6Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)1:40.241:51.35
PyraminxChia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良)3.324.78
SkewbSiau Hong Da (蕭宏達)3.434.10
Square-1Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)10.5212.61

The PB harvest

109 set · 30 still standing

First-timers

15 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

75 competitors · 420 results · 8 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. He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) won it with a 8.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.