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Competitions · China

Maoming Open 2018

Maoming, Guangdong · 11 November 2018 · 8 events · 55 competitors · 57 personal bests

Kailong Li (李开隆) won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kailong Li (李开隆) by 0.25 seconds. 55 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Wenhui Li (李文晖) took a 3×3 single of 32.89 down to 16.57, 50 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Kailong Li (李开隆) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.25s
closest final — 3×3, Kailong Li (李开隆) over Kai Su (苏锴)
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kailong Li (李开隆)7.498.46
2×2Yuanhao Wu (吴元皓)2.122.82
4×4Kailong Li (李开隆)33.4637.34
5×5Kailong Li (李开隆)59.621:04.49
3×3 one-handedRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)9.6513.04
ClockTairan Zhong (钟泰然)4.625.00
PyraminxLincheng Cai (蔡林成)4.244.62
3×3 with feetChengming Su (苏成明)28.3030.99

The PB harvest

57 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

Ten 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

55 competitors · 252 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. Kailong Li (李开隆) won it with a 8.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.