Competitions · China

Quanzhou Open 2018

Quanzhou, Fujian · 16 September 2018 · 7 events · 94 competitors · 91 personal bests

Antoine Cantin won four of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言) by 0.42 seconds. 94 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zejia Ren (任泽佳) took a Skewb single of 10.22 down to 3.79, 63 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Antoine Cantin — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.42s

closest final — Pyraminx, Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言) over Yuxuan Zheng (郑豫轩)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zeyu Gao (高泽宇)	6.85	8.43
2×2	Antoine Cantin	2.52	3.00
4×4	Antoine Cantin	31.99	34.00
3×3 blindfolded	Antoine Cantin	24.36	—
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	11.81	12.84
Pyraminx	Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言)	1.67	2.67
Skewb	Zeyu Gao (高泽宇)	2.65	3.08

The PB harvest

91 set · 38 still standing

Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言) — Pyraminx single 1.67: into the top 0.63% of the event's history.
Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — 3×3 single 6.85: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Chengdong Huang (黄呈栋) — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Lin Lai (赖林) — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Wang Pan (潘旺) — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Xiaowei Han (韩晓微) — Pyraminx single 4.13: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Weiming Xu (徐伟明) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.64: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

94 competitors · 425 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. Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) won it with a 8.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.