Competitions · Chinese Taipei

New Taipei Open 2023

New Taipei · 8 July 2023 · 5 events · 79 competitors · 101 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won two of the five events (3×3, Skewb) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) by 0.03 seconds. 79 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥) set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.37.

Two wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — Clock, Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) over Wei-Chen Hsieh (謝維宸)

101

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	6.01	6.89
2×2	Wei-Chen Hsieh (謝維宸)	1.47	2.05
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	4.93	6.16
Pyraminx	Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥)	1.37	2.41
Skewb	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	2.98	3.27

The PB harvest

101 set · 27 still standing

Kai-Lun Cheng (鄭凱倫) — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏) — 3×3 single 8.32: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Yi-En Tsai (蔡以恩) — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) — Pyraminx single 3.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Hong-Lin Tsai (蔡宏麟) — 3×3 single 9.08: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Yi-En Tsai (蔡以恩) — Skewb single 3.55: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Tzu-Yu Chiu (邱子瑜) — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Guan-Yi Li (李冠毅) — Skewb single 3.91: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 407 results · 5 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 6.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.