Competitions · China

Qingdao Open 2018

Qingdao, Shandong · 25 March 2018 · 7 events · 110 competitors · 100 personal bests

Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) won two of the seven events (Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) by 0.03 seconds. 110 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ziya Han (韩子娅) took a 2×2 single of 19.80 down to 4.91, 75 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) — Pyraminx, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) over Zihan Zhang (张子涵)

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhi Li (李志)	7.32	9.35
2×2	Zihan Zhang (张子涵)	2.72	3.61
3×3 blindfolded	Bowen Xiao (肖博文)	1:53.65	—
3×3 one-handed	Meng Yuan (袁梦)	15.12	16.30
Pyraminx	Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰)	2.02	3.65
Skewb	Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰)	3.54	5.03
Square-1	Yunmai Hou (侯云迈)	18.98	21.46

The PB harvest

100 set · 44 still standing

Zhihao Li (李志淏) — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yuqi Liu (刘瑜琪) — Skewb single 2.85: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Jinlin Li (李金琳) — 3×3 single 9.20: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Qiutong Chen (陈秋彤) — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Qiutong Chen (陈秋彤) — Skewb single 3.36: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Hanlin Chen (陈瀚林) — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Hanlin Chen (陈瀚林) — Skewb single 3.83: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

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

110 competitors · 418 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. Zhi Li (李志) won it with a 9.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.