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Linyi Open 2016

Linyi · 7 August 2016 · 8 events · 91 competitors · 87 personal bests

Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) won two of the eight events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zhi Li (李志) by 0.12 seconds. 91 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bin Wang (王彬) took a Pyraminx single of 42.33 down to 8.76, 79 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.12s
closest final — 3×3, Zhi Li (李志) over Ling Qin (秦岭)
87
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zhi Li (李志)7.3910.49
2×2Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)3.313.74
4×4Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)35.9438.91
3×3 blindfoldedYongtao Sun (孙永涛)57.451:16.09
3×3 one-handedXiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)15.6416.36
MegaminxHanlin Chen (陈瀚林)1:02.851:08.47
PyraminxJiajun Gao (高嘉骏)4.314.75
SkewbJinlin Dou (窦金麟)5.156.84

The PB harvest

87 set · 25 still standing

First-timers

42 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

91 competitors · 446 results · 8 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. Zhi Li (李志) won it with a 10.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.