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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Kaohsiung Winter Open 2016

Kaohsiung · 17 December 2016 · 10 events · 47 competitors · 62 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won six of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) by 0.12 seconds. 47 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:49.50.

Six wins
Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) over Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)
62
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)6.598.14
2×2Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)2.193.26
4×4Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)30.7837.69
5×5Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)55.411:04.56
6×6Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)1:49.502:03.05
7×7Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)2:59.333:09.65
3×3 one-handedKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)11.3413.13
MegaminxPing-Yueh Huang (黃品越)52.7058.04
PyraminxYu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷)3.424.95
SkewbKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)3.514.05

The PB harvest

62 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

Eleven 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 361 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. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 8.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.