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Competitions · China

Maoming Open 2019

Maoming, Guangdong · 30 June 2019 · 8 events · 69 competitors · 58 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) by 0.06 seconds. 69 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yutao Guo (郭宇韬) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:14.08 down to 1:15.64, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 3×3, 4×4
0.06s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) over Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)
58
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)7.277.79
2×2Wong Yuk Chi (黃昱誌)2.733.33
4×4Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)24.0828.81
3×3 blindfoldedXuezhou Shen (申学舟)39.71
3×3 one-handedRuohan Qiu (邱若寒)12.5615.10
PyraminxWong Kin Lok (黃健樂)4.295.01
SkewbMok Man Kit (莫文傑)4.486.05
3×3 with feetChengming Su (苏成明)25.7030.06

The PB harvest

58 set · 33 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

69 competitors · 290 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. Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won it with a 7.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.