Competitions · China

Kunshan Open 2018

Suzhou · 21 April 2018 · 7 events · 141 competitors · 158 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won two of the seven events (7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) by 0.18 seconds. 141 competitors produced 158 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lukas Shelley set the 3×3 average national record: 7.48.

Two wins

Lin Chen (陈霖) — 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.18s

closest final — 4×4, Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) over Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)

158

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	6.88	7.48
2×2	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	1.58	1.95
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	25.42	33.55
7×7	Lin Chen (陈霖)	2:45.58	2:53.16
3×3 one-handed	Lin Chen (陈霖)	12.14	13.76
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	2.61	3.10
Skewb	Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓)	2.60	2.97

The PB harvest

158 set · 47 still standing

Lin Chen (陈霖) — 3×3 single 6.09: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.
Yinfeng Lu (陆寅峰) — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Sizhe Ren (任思哲) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.78: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Jichen Zha (查吉辰) — 4×4 single 34.20: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Le Yu (余乐) — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Sizhe Ren (任思哲) — 3×3 single 9.70: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Liang Yu (余亮) — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Fuwei Chu (褚福崴) — 3×3 single 9.92: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

141 competitors · 678 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. Lukas Shelley won it with a 7.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.