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Competitions · Malaysia

Sabah Cube Open 2018

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah · 6 October 2018 · 8 events · 50 competitors · 65 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) by 0.23 seconds. 50 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tee Kai Yang set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 10.01.

Three wins
Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) over Tee Kai Yang
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tee Kai Yang6.649.04
2×2Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)1.952.98
4×4Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)31.3734.41
5×5Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)54.4656.95
3×3 one-handedTee Kai Yang10.0113.29
MegaminxLeow Yi Jun (廖艺畯)43.7648.44
PyraminxMuhd Hamizan Bin Musa4.004.59
SkewbArmando Dian4.036.31

The PB harvest

65 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

29 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 279 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. Tee Kai Yang won it with a 9.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.