Competitions · China

Mudanjiang Open 2018

Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang · 22 December 2018 · 7 events · 117 competitors · 65 personal bests

Antoine Cantin won six of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Antoine Cantin by 0.03 seconds. 117 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 81 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Xuming Wang (王旭明) set the 4×4 average national record: 26.85.

Six wins

Antoine Cantin — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — Skewb, Antoine Cantin over Chengda Ge (葛成达)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antoine Cantin	7.41	8.32
2×2	Antoine Cantin	1.99	2.73
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	22.25	26.85
3×3 blindfolded	Antoine Cantin	26.60	—
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	10.51	11.31
Pyraminx	Antoine Cantin	3.65	4.75
Skewb	Antoine Cantin	3.64	4.82

The PB harvest

65 set · 37 still standing

Hongbo Zhan (战鸿博) — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Shujie Yang (杨舒杰) — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Boyao Zhang (张博尧) — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹) — Pyraminx single 4.31: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Chengda Ge (葛成达) — Pyraminx single 4.72: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹) — 4×4 single 41.64: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Jinming Wei (魏金铭) — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Simeng Liu (刘思萌) — Skewb single 4.77: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

81 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 430 results · 7 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. Antoine Cantin won it with a 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.