Competitions · China

Qinhuangdao Open 2018

Qinhuangdao, Hebei · 22 April 2018 · 8 events · 120 competitors · 82 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won three of the eight events (3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) by 0.59 seconds. 120 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 64 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ziyue Chen (陈子悦) took a 2×2 single of 11.73 down to 4.25, 64 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx

0.59s

closest final — Skewb, Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) over Zongyang Li (李宗阳)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	7.76	8.16
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	1.95	2.19
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	27.19	31.03
3×3 blindfolded	Zhi Qiao (乔智)	29.59	—
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	13.48	14.15
Clock	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	6.31	8.39
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.03	4.00
Skewb	Yuhang Zhang (张宇航)	3.27	3.87

The PB harvest

82 set · 23 still standing

Lang Yuan (袁朗) — 4×4 single 34.12: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Fubo Wang (王富博) — 4×4 single 34.32: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Anpeng Liu (刘安鹏) — 3×3 single 10.71: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Jiaqi Xiao (肖佳奇) — 3×3 single 11.46: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — Clock single 7.84: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) — 3×3 one-handed single 18.28: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Songjialiang Zhang (张宋佳良) — 3×3 single 12.78: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

64 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

120 competitors · 450 results · 8 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.