Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Maru Cube Day 2017

Tainan · 15 July 2017 · 18 events · 119 competitors · 198 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won seven of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) by 0.29 seconds. 119 competitors produced 198 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Fung Hoi Yin (馮凱賢) set the 5×5 single national record: 55.48.

Seven wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1

0.29s

closest final — Square-1, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) over Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良)

198

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	6.74	7.71
2×2	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	1.97	2.73
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	28.85	30.65
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	57.88	1:01.48
6×6	Fung Hoi Yin (馮凱賢)	1:51.72	1:56.33
7×7	Fung Hoi Yin (馮凱賢)	2:54.29	3:00.13
3×3 blindfolded	Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫)	33.19	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	34 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	12.69	15.17
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	5.78	6.33
Megaminx	Jacky Koo Chun Ki (顧俊祺)	45.26	48.64
Pyraminx	Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良)	3.54	5.01
Skewb	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	4.21	4.71
Square-1	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	16.99	17.90
4×4 blindfolded	Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)	4:17.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫)	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Rodrigo Zarate	10 of 11 cubes · 55:22	—
3×3 with feet	Mok Man Kit (莫文傑)	52.25	57.01

The PB harvest

198 set · 49 still standing

Shih-Lun Huang (黃士倫) — 3×3 single 8.36: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Meng-Yi Li (李孟一) — 3×3 single 8.48: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — 4×4 single 32.82: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Zong-Xuan Huang (黃宗軒) — 3×3 single 9.05: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Chun-Chen Chu (朱峻辰) — Pyraminx single 3.52: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Shao-Yu Hu (胡紹宇) — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Duan-Lin He (何端綝) — 4×4 single 37.42: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Jacky Koo Chun Ki (顧俊祺) — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

119 competitors · 1016 results · 18 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 7.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

119 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.