Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Maru Cube Day 2016

Tainan · 9 July 2016 · 16 events · 132 competitors · 197 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won four of the 16 events (3×3, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖) by 0.01 seconds. 132 competitors produced 197 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) set the 2×2 single national record: 1.55.

Four wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.01s

closest final — 5×5, Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖) over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)

197

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	6.23	9.04
2×2	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	2.00	2.53
4×4	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	31.57	33.06
5×5	Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖)	58.90	1:03.10
6×6	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	2:02.34	2:05.92
7×7	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	3:13.94	3:25.91
3×3 blindfolded	Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲)	2:56.57	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	32 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	13.87	14.75
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	5.67	6.66
Megaminx	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	59.24	1:03.87
Pyraminx	Lee Chiang (蔣礪)	3.39	4.43
Skewb	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	3.41	4.83
Square-1	Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)	10.14	11.94
3×3 Multi-Blind	Cheng-Yu Hsieh (謝承諭)	2 of 3 cubes · 29:28	—
3×3 with feet	Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良)	53.94	1:05.32

The PB harvest

197 set · 33 still standing

Lee Chiang (蔣礪) — Pyraminx single 2.09: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) — 3×3 single 7.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Sheng-Wen Wang (王聖文) — Pyraminx single 4.25: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
He-Han Wu (吳和翰) — Pyraminx single 4.52: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Kevin Lee — Pyraminx single 4.65: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Hsin-Yen Cheng (鄭歆嚴) — 3×3 single 12.13: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Pei-Tso Ko (柯沛佐) — Skewb single 4.66: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Lee Chiang (蔣礪) — Square-1 single 14.75: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

132 competitors · 933 results · 16 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. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 9.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

132 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.