Competitions · China

Shantou Open 2017

Shantou, Guangdong · 20 August 2017 · 8 events · 145 competitors · 131 personal bests

Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) won two of the eight events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zihang Lin (林子杭) by 0.03 seconds. 145 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lam Yu Ching (林雨晴) set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 41.67.

Two wins

Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) — 2×2, Pyraminx

0.03s

closest final — Skewb, Zihang Lin (林子杭) over Caini Huang (黄彩妮)

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄)	8.27	10.33
2×2	Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)	2.26	2.33
4×4	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	35.27	38.19
3×3 one-handed	Junlong Li (李俊龙)	13.88	15.67
Pyraminx	Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)	4.85	5.25
Skewb	Zihang Lin (林子杭)	4.54	4.94
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	9.38	11.64
3×3 with feet	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	35.29	35.95

The PB harvest

131 set · 42 still standing

Canlin Zhai (翟灿林) — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Caini Huang (黄彩妮) — 3×3 single 8.51: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Dong Huang (黄东) — 3×3 single 9.12: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.62: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Jiongyang Zheng (郑炯扬) — 3×3 single 9.50: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Chilin Fang (方炽霖) — 2×2 single 2.29: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Jianhua Yin (尹建桦) — 4×4 single 37.04: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Liudi Sun (孙柳笛) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.57: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

145 competitors · 662 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. Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄) won it with a 10.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

145 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.