Competitions · Malaysia

Kedah Cube Open 2023

Sungai Petani, Kedah · 23 September 2023 · 6 events · 97 competitors · 99 personal bests

Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) won two of the six events (Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ang Chin Zhen (洪靖程) by 0.06 seconds. 97 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ashfan Rayyan set the 3×3 single national record: 10.93.

Two wins

Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — Pyraminx, Skewb

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Ang Chin Zhen (洪靖程) over Kangze Wang (王康泽)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zixuan Xu (徐子轩)	5.49	6.35
2×2	Ang Chin Zhen (洪靖程)	2.07	2.58
3×3 one-handed	Kangze Wang (王康泽)	11.32	14.36
Megaminx	Chong Hau Han (張浩瀚)	39.23	42.22
Pyraminx	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	2.10	2.64
Skewb	Kaixi Guo (郭铠希)	2.57	3.57

The PB harvest

99 set · 40 still standing

Muhammad Syahmi — 3×3 single 6.50: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
Saw Zi Quan — Megaminx single 54.66: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Chang Jia Yin — 3×3 single 10.15: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Saw Zi Quan — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Ashfan Rayyan — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Arthur Grahame — 3×3 single 11.00: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Chong Hau Han (張浩瀚) — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Arthur Grahame — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 479 results · 6 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. Zixuan Xu (徐子轩) won it with a 6.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.