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Meizhou Open 2018

Meizhou, Guangdong · 5 August 2018 · 6 events · 109 competitors · 82 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won the 3×3 with a 7.75 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Qiao Wen (温峭) by 0.14 seconds. 109 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Qingrui Yu (余庆瑞) took a Pyraminx single of 9.32 down to 5.15, 45 percent better in one day.

6
events decided
0.14s
closest final — Pyraminx, Qiao Wen (温峭) over Lincheng Cai (蔡林成)
82
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zibo Xu (徐子博)6.987.75
2×2Yiting Chen (陈怡廷)1.842.36
4×4Yibo Xu (许一博)30.5334.19
5×5Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)1:01.071:06.16
PyraminxQiao Wen (温峭)3.814.67
SkewbQijun Miao (缪其隽)2.713.00

The PB harvest

82 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

43 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

109 competitors · 463 results · 6 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 7.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.