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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Lanyang Open 2017

Yilan · 29 July 2017 · 10 events · 49 competitors · 67 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won four of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) by 0.05 seconds. 49 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) set the 3×3 single national record: 5.19.

Four wins
Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, Skewb
0.05s
closest final — Skewb, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) over Yu-Fang Liu (劉語芳)
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋)7.659.56
2×2Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)1.943.14
4×4Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)27.9034.03
5×5Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖)56.7059.29
6×6Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)1:58.342:01.55
3×3 Fewest MovesJr-Wei Jang (張智瑋)33 moves
3×3 one-handedJr-Wei Jang (張智瑋)13.7915.01
PyraminxYun-Yi Lin (林昀毅)3.514.24
SkewbKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)4.164.79
Square-1Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)8.4311.08

The PB harvest

67 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 386 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. Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋) won it with a 9.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.