Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Maru Cube Day 2019

Tainan · 6 July 2019 · 14 events · 191 competitors · 251 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ho Hsieh (謝合) by 0.05 seconds. 191 competitors produced 251 personal bests, 89 of which still stand today, and 72 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hua-Ting Lee (李華庭) set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 35.02.

Five wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ho Hsieh (謝合) over Yun-Rong Chiang (江昀容)

251

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	7.55	8.13
2×2	Alan Kuo (郭建廷)	2.21	2.51
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	26.95	31.13
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	45.75	50.32
6×6	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	1:43.38	1:48.71
7×7	Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲)	2:34.57	2:49.22
3×3 blindfolded	Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫)	35.62	—
3×3 one-handed	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	10.56	12.12
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	4.67	5.44
Megaminx	Yun-Rui Chiang (江昀叡)	40.61	42.87
Pyraminx	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	3.48	4.41
Skewb	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	3.05	3.73
Square-1	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	10.72	12.25
3×3 with feet	Hua-Ting Lee (李華庭)	35.02	38.09

The PB harvest

251 set · 89 still standing

Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良) — 2×2 single 1.72: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Bo-Yu Lin (林柏佑) — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Hung-Yen Lin (林宏諺) — Skewb single 2.88: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Yu-Lun Su (蘇昱綸) — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Yi-Sa Chen (陳以撒) — 3×3 single 9.34: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Chen-Yu Kuo (郭鎮瑀) — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Yu-Wen Wang (王裕文) — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

72 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

191 competitors · 1122 results · 14 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 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

191 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.