Competitions · China

Kunshan Open 2019

Suzhou, Jiangsu · 20 April 2019 · 7 events · 148 competitors · 136 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won two of the seven events (7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Xulang Li (黎旭朗) by 0.05 seconds. 148 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 62 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pingda Lu (陆平达) took a 2×2 single of 22.10 down to 4.01, 82 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Lin Chen (陈霖) — 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Xulang Li (黎旭朗) over Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	7.16	8.16
2×2	Xulang Li (黎旭朗)	1.69	2.05
4×4	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	30.75	32.28
7×7	Lin Chen (陈霖)	2:29.34	2:48.59
3×3 one-handed	Lin Chen (陈霖)	12.55	12.81
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	2.25	2.79
Skewb	Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓)	2.44	3.37

The PB harvest

136 set · 52 still standing

Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — Pyraminx single 1.35: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
Xiaochen Gu (顾笑尘) — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jianyang Teng (滕剑阳) — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Cheng Xu (徐成) — Pyraminx single 3.01: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Xiaochen Gu (顾笑尘) — 3×3 single 8.73: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Xuexuan Zhang (张雪萱) — Skewb single 3.24: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Lin Chen (陈霖) — 4×4 single 34.82: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Zhengyu Yang (杨正宇) — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

62 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

148 competitors · 726 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 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

148 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.