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Shantou Open 2014

Shantou, Guangdong · 3 August 2014 · 8 events · 75 competitors · 75 personal bests

Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jiacheng Peng (彭家诚) by 0.09 seconds. 75 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Xiao Hu (胡霄) set the Skewb single continental record: 2.92.

Three wins
Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded
0.09s
closest final — Skewb, Jiacheng Peng (彭家诚) over Xiao Hu (胡霄)
75
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kailong Li (李开隆)9.449.98
2×2Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)2.302.87
4×4Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)39.7440.58
3×3 blindfoldedQingbin Chen (陈庆斌)1:34.481:52.60
3×3 one-handedZhiwei Lin (林智玮)12.3014.94
PyraminxYi Wang (王旖)2.533.50
SkewbJiacheng Peng (彭家诚)3.805.73
Square-1Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻)12.5415.47

The PB harvest

75 set · 31 still standing

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 309 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. Kailong Li (李开隆) won it with a 9.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.