Competitions · China

Longyan Open 2018

Longyan, Fujian · 5 August 2018 · 8 events · 105 competitors · 150 personal bests

Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋) won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋) by 0.15 seconds. 105 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yunfei Shi (石云飞) took a Pyraminx single of 6.81 down to 2.39, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.15s

closest final — 3×3, Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋) over Yinqin Li (李尹钦)

150

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋)	8.84	9.13
2×2	Yinqin Li (李尹钦)	1.03	2.23
4×4	Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)	32.10	35.96
3×3 blindfolded	Yichuan Xie (谢逸川)	24.24	—
3×3 one-handed	Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋)	14.42	15.06
Megaminx	Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言)	47.27	59.28
Pyraminx	Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言)	2.67	3.32
Skewb	Zeyu Gao (高泽宇)	2.50	3.24

The PB harvest

150 set · 73 still standing

Yinqin Li (李尹钦) — 3×3 single 6.19: into the top 0.61% of the event's history.
Lin Lai (赖林) — Pyraminx single 1.93: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — Pyraminx single 1.94: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Haoran Ding (丁浩然) — 3×3 single 7.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮) — Pyraminx single 2.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Yunfei Shi (石云飞) — Pyraminx single 2.39: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Lin Lai (赖林) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

105 competitors · 571 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. Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋) won it with a 9.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.