Competitions · China
Qingdao Open 2016
Qingdao, Shandong · 20 March 2016 · 7 events · 65 competitors · 82 personal bests
Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) won three of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) by 0.34 seconds. 65 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Guowei Sun (孙国卫) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 9:08.67 down to 3:15.82, 64 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) | 10.58 | 11.68 |
| 2×2 | Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) | 3.58 | 4.12 |
| 4×4 | Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) | 36.42 | 40.83 |
| 5×5 | Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) | 1:14.98 | 1:20.35 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Jinzheng Li (李金铮) | 1:06.02 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) | 14.75 | 16.93 |
| Pyraminx | Jiajun Gao (高嘉骏) | 3.29 | 4.74 |
The PB harvest
82 set · 17 still standing- Jinzheng Li (李金铮) — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:06.02: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
- Jianqiang Shen (沈建强) — Pyraminx single 5.86: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
- Shiyu Li (李仕宇) — 3×3 single 13.54: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
- Jianqiang Shen (沈建强) — 4×4 single 48.06: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
- Wenjie Luan (栾文杰) — Pyraminx single 8.08: into the top 36.8% of the event's history.
- Lin Liu (刘琳) — 3×3 single 18.95: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
- Zhuohang Li (李卓航) — 3×3 single 21.15: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.
- Kunhong Wang (王坤宏) — Pyraminx single 9.15: into the top 46.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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
65 competitors · 312 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. Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) won it with a 11.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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R D2 R2 U2 F2 L B2 L' B2 D2 B R2 F2 R' U' B2 R' B' D' R2 - 2
D2 F D2 R2 U2 F L2 D2 B2 U' R' F' U2 R2 D2 U' L D' B2 R' - 3
R2 U2 B2 D2 L F2 R D2 U2 F' R2 U B2 D2 B D' F' L' B F' - 4
L2 F2 R D2 L' B2 R B2 R2 D2 F2 U R F U F' R2 F R2 B - 5
R' F L U' B U2 R' U2 R2 L' U R' L' F2 U2 B2 D2 R F2 L
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solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
65 competitors- Bin Wang (王彬)
- Binglin Liu (刘炳麟)
- Changshi Yu (于昌世)
- Changshuo Zhang (张畅铄)
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)
- Guodong Sun (孙国栋)
- Guowei Sun (孙国卫)
- Haibo Sui (隋海波)
- Haobo Zhang (张浩博)
- Huaiyuan Ji (季怀源)
- Jiajun Gao (高嘉骏)
- Jianqiang Shen (沈建强)
- Jiaqi Liu (刘家琦)
- Jie Liu (刘洁)
- Jingchao Zhao (赵景超)
- Jingxiang Ji (吉井祥)
- Jingxue Cao (曹景雪)
- Jinlin Dou (窦金麟)
- Jinzheng Li (李金铮)
- Kai Ma (马开)
- Kai Zhang (张凯)
- Kunhong Wang (王坤宏)
- Kunzhe Li (李坤喆)
- Lei Zhang (张磊)
- Lihan Fei (费立涵)
- Lin Liu (刘琳)
- Peiyu Ji (吉沛雨)
- Qixiang Gao (高齐翔)
- Ruxin Liu (刘茹心)
- Senyuan Zhang (张森源)
- Shaoyu Pei (裴绍宇)
- Shenlin Xu (徐圣林)
- Shenyang Dong (董沈阳)
- Shiyu Li (李仕宇)
- Sihan Jiao (焦思涵)
- Tingjia Zhang (张庭嘉)
- Wenbin Wu (武文斌)
- Wenjie Luan (栾文杰)
- Wenyu Dong (董文宇)
- Xiangshen Zhou (周湘深)
- Xiangzhou Yang (杨相洲)
- Xiaofan Yin (尹晓帆)
- Xiaonan Liu (刘小楠)
- Xinyao Gao (高歆尧)
- Xinzhe Sun (孙新哲)
- Yaji Liang (梁雅吉)
- Yapeng Zhang (张亚鹏)
- Yilin Miao (苗宜琳)
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)
- Youxian Qi (戚佑贤)
- Yu Chen (陈宇)
- Yuchen Gong (宫予晨)
- Yuncheng Xun (孙赟程)
- Yunmai Hou (侯云迈)
- Zechuan Yu (于泽川)
- Zhao Wang (王钊)
- Zheming Ding (丁哲明)
- Zhenchuan Wang (王震川)
- Zheng Qiao (乔峥)
- Zhihang Zhang (张志航)
- Zhiyong Sun (孙志勇)
- Zhuohang Li (李卓航)
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵)
- Zirui Xu (徐梓锐)
- Ziyang Liu (刘子扬)
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.