Competitions · China

NEU Open 2019

Shenyang, Liaoning · 15 December 2019 · 7 events · 219 competitors · 145 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won two of the seven events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yunhan Yao (姚云瀚) by 0.17 seconds. 219 competitors produced 145 personal bests, 103 of which still stand today, and 107 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kaidi Cui (崔凯迪) took a Skewb single of 25.64 down to 5.72, 78 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 2×2, 4×4

0.17s

closest final — Pyraminx, Yunhan Yao (姚云瀚) over Jiaming Zhang (张嘉铭)

145

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yezhen Han (韩业臻)	6.36	7.55
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	2.28	2.80
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	26.82	29.39
7×7	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	2:41.26	2:46.49
Megaminx	Dongzhe Li (李东哲)	46.24	47.18
Pyraminx	Yunhan Yao (姚云瀚)	2.59	3.45
Skewb	Young He (何嘉炀)	2.36	4.52

The PB harvest

145 set · 103 still standing

Qizhe Ma (马启哲) — 3×3 single 7.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Shuo Zhao (赵硕) — Pyraminx single 2.79: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Zixuan Yuan (袁子轩) — 3×3 single 8.23: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Zhe Sun (孙喆) — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Zhe Chen (陈喆) — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Yukun Liu (刘玉昆) — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Bowen Wan (万博文) — 3×3 single 9.71: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

107 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

219 competitors · 717 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. Yezhen Han (韩业臻) won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

219 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.