Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Maru Cube Day 2021

Tainan · 11 December 2021 · 5 events · 145 competitors · 120 personal bests

He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) won three of the five events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) by 0.28 seconds. 145 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ho Hsieh (謝合) set the 2×2 average national record: 1.57.

Three wins

He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.28s

closest final — 5×5, He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) over Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	5.23	7.85
2×2	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	1.33	2.23
4×4	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	26.37	28.20
5×5	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	52.99	53.32
3×3 one-handed	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	12.48	13.23

The PB harvest

120 set · 12 still standing

Su-Yu Huang (黃蘇毓) — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Cheng-Xuan Jiang (江程軒) — 2×2 single 2.83: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Syun-Jhao Shih (施勛詔) — 3×3 single 12.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Chuan-Sheng Chou (周傳勝) — 3×3 one-handed single 18.47: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Fong Wang (王丰) — 5×5 single 1:18.70: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Sung-Po Wang (王嵩博) — 3×3 single 15.48: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Fong Wang (王丰) — 2×2 single 4.00: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Liang-Kai Li (李亮塏) — 3×3 single 16.54: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

145 competitors · 460 results · 5 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. Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) won it with a 7.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

145 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.