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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Master Challenge 2014

Hsinchu City · 28 September 2014 · 8 events · 32 competitors · 33 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋) by 0.14 seconds. 32 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞) set the Square-1 average national record: 14.90.

Three wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.14s
closest final — 3×3, Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋) over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋)8.719.54
2×2Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)2.583.87
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)32.4533.84
3×3 Fewest MovesWen-Pin Chen (陳文聘)39 moves42.00
3×3 one-handedYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)14.2015.46
MegaminxChung-Han Hsu (許鍾瀚)1:03.741:10.18
SkewbChia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良)5.226.86
Square-1Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞)12.7614.90

The PB harvest

33 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 173 results · 8 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. Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋) won it with a 9.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.