Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024

Tainan · 3 August 2024 · 11 events · 222 competitors · 282 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won five of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Yen-An Chen (陳彥安) by 0.05 seconds. 222 competitors produced 282 personal bests, 102 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chan Sai Chong (陳世聰) set the 2×2 single national record: 1.58.

Five wins

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

0.05s

closest final — Square-1, Yen-An Chen (陳彥安) over Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)

282

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	5.23	6.38
2×2	Chan Sai Chong (陳世聰)	1.58	2.46
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	21.40	23.24
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	35.46	39.40
6×6	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	1:08.49	1:18.10
7×7	Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶)	1:58.25	2:01.54
3×3 one-handed	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	9.70	11.00
Megaminx	Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓)	39.78	40.68
Pyraminx	Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘)	1.95	2.62
Skewb	Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)	1.89	2.57
Square-1	Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)	6.23	6.99

The PB harvest

282 set · 102 still standing

Hao-Jyun Kang (康皓鈞) — 3×3 single 4.43: into the top 0.041% of the event's history.
Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥) — Pyraminx single 1.12: into the top 0.094% of the event's history.
Chan Sai Chong (陳世聰) — Pyraminx single 2.56: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Ping-Yen Hsieh (謝秉諺) — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Chen-Ze Wang (王臣擇) — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Cheng-Hsien Wu (吳政憲) — Pyraminx single 3.02: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Rui Yu (余睿) — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Yung-Ching Yang (楊詠晴) — Pyraminx single 3.33: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

222 competitors · 1476 results · 11 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 6.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

222 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.