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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Kaohsiung Open 2016

Kaohsiung · 25 September 2016 · 8 events · 47 competitors · 71 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Lee Chiang (蔣礪) by 0.09 seconds. 47 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mats Valk set the 5×5 single continental record: 49.49.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.09s
closest final — Skewb, Lee Chiang (蔣礪) over Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.868.06
2×2Mats Valk2.082.63
4×4Mats Valk26.4032.13
5×5Mats Valk49.4956.72
6×6Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)1:59.182:06.83
3×3 one-handedYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)12.0813.58
PyraminxLee Chiang (蔣礪)3.784.31
SkewbLee Chiang (蔣礪)4.414.67

The PB harvest

71 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 306 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. Mats Valk won it with a 8.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.