Competitions · China

Linfen Open 2018

Linfen, Shanxi · 8 July 2018 · 6 events · 112 competitors · 98 personal bests

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) by 0.29 seconds. 112 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zihan Wang (王子涵) took a Pyraminx single of 10.87 down to 5.51, 49 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.29s

closest final — Pyraminx, Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) over Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	5.86	7.65
2×2	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	2.24	3.25
4×4	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	27.58	30.89
3×3 one-handed	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	12.29	14.61
Pyraminx	Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋)	3.25	3.86
Skewb	Linxiao Xu (徐林霄)	3.91	5.04

The PB harvest

98 set · 28 still standing

Zixi Yan (严子希) — 4×4 single 31.64: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Yiran Wang (王毅然) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.18: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Hongda Li (李洪达) — Pyraminx single 5.23: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟) — Pyraminx single 5.41: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Ruisheng Tong (仝瑞胜) — 3×3 single 12.64: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Jing Wu (吴静) — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Yucheng Shi (石煜程) — 2×2 single 3.43: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Wenqian Zheng (郑文乾) — 2×2 single 3.58: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

112 competitors · 450 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.