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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018

Kaohsiung · 11 March 2018 · 7 events · 40 competitors · 31 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the seven events (6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) by 0.02 seconds. 40 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zi-Qiang Hong (洪子強) took a 6×6 single of 5:19.58 down to 2:52.03, 46 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.02s
closest final — 5×5, Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) over Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)6.607.65
4×4Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲)29.6834.01
5×5Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)55.271:00.23
6×6Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)1:50.901:56.07
3×3 one-handedKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)10.5913.51
ClockShun-Hsin Chang (張舜欣)9.0911.74
PyraminxKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)3.275.03

The PB harvest

31 set · 4 still standing

First-timers

Five 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

40 competitors · 238 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. Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.