Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Maru Cube Day 2023

Tainan · 22 July 2023 · 10 events · 218 competitors · 347 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Tang-Kai Huang (黃堂愷) by 0.10 seconds. 218 competitors produced 347 personal bests, 97 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ao Nogami (野上碧) set the 2×2 single national record: 0.99.

Three wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.10s

closest final — Square-1, Tang-Kai Huang (黃堂愷) over Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)

347

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ao Nogami (野上碧)	6.07	6.86
2×2	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	1.39	1.96
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	21.18	24.45
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	36.75	41.29
3×3 one-handed	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	10.61	11.04
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	4.24	5.19
Megaminx	Yun-Rui Chiang (江昀叡)	31.96	36.08
Pyraminx	Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥)	1.41	2.46
Skewb	Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)	2.00	3.80
Square-1	Tang-Kai Huang (黃堂愷)	7.93	8.68

The PB harvest

347 set · 97 still standing

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3 single 5.45: into the top 0.23% of the event's history.
Bo-Yao Qiu (邱柏堯) — 2×2 single 1.03: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) — Pyraminx single 2.12: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Cong-Yu Huang (黃琮煜) — 3×3 single 7.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Huang-Bang Fang (房黃邦) — 3×3 single 7.40: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Tam Shen Hsiung (譚昇雄) — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Bo-Yao Qiu (邱柏堯) — Pyraminx single 2.77: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Sheng-Fan Tsai (蔡勝帆) — 2×2 single 1.79: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

218 competitors · 1636 results · 10 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. Ao Nogami (野上碧) won it with a 6.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

218 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.