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Competitions · China

Luoyang Open 2017

Luoyang, Henan · 11 June 2017 · 7 events · 101 competitors · 84 personal bests

Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) by 0.29 seconds. 101 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jing Xu (许靖) took a Skewb single of 38.48 down to 12.27, 68 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx
0.29s
closest final — Pyraminx, Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) over Sheng Cao (曹晟)
84
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)7.738.52
2×2Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)1.521.84
4×4Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)28.6833.11
3×3 blindfoldedHongbin Chang (常宏彬)31.94
3×3 one-handedSheng Cao (曹晟)13.7115.87
PyraminxYinghao Wang (王鹰豪)3.944.95
SkewbZongyang Li (李宗阳)2.713.74

The PB harvest

84 set · 19 still standing

First-timers

46 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

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

The field

101 competitors · 512 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. Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) won it with a 8.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.