Competitions · China

Shandong Open 2019

Jinan, Shandong · 4 October 2019 · 17 events · 345 competitors · 433 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 17 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Weihao Kong (孔维浩) by 0.01 seconds. 345 competitors produced 433 personal bests, 233 of which still stand today, and 112 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 4×4 blindfolded single continental record: 1:23.60.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Weihao Kong (孔维浩) over Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)

433

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Weihao Kong (孔维浩)	6.31	7.28
2×2	Xulang Li (黎旭朗)	1.62	1.75
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	28.42	32.66
5×5	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	54.82	56.69
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:30.59	1:35.35
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:10.54	2:21.51
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	20.27	21.22
3×3 Fewest Moves	Xingkai Yin (尹星凯)	29 moves	33.00
3×3 one-handed	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	10.75	12.33
Clock	Dongzhe Li (李东哲)	6.30	6.85
Megaminx	Yunliang Zhang (张赟量)	37.74	42.93
Pyraminx	Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥)	1.76	2.65
Skewb	Xueliang Wang (王学梁)	2.73	4.45
Square-1	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	7.39	8.48
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:23.60	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	3:25.40	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	49 of 54 cubes · 59:30	—

The PB harvest

433 set · 233 still standing

Yue Zhang (张悦) — Pyraminx single 2.45: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Zaiyuan Chu (初载源) — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Yutong Liu (刘昱彤) — Pyraminx single 2.78: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Runqi He (何润锜) — Pyraminx single 2.85: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Kaimu Chen (陈楷沐) — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Ruifeng Huo (霍瑞丰) — Skewb single 2.70: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Jinhan Wang (王金涵) — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Zongqi Liu (刘宗奇) — Skewb single 3.07: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

112 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

345 competitors · 1771 results · 17 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. Weihao Kong (孔维浩) won it with a 7.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

345 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.