Competitions · China

Shenyang Open 2016

Shenyang, Liaoning · 23 April 2016 · 8 events · 315 competitors · 59 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won five of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yan Jin (金岩) by 0.16 seconds. 315 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 279 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zexian Liu (刘泽贤) took a 3×3 single of 37.38 down to 11.85, 68 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.16s

closest final — 3×3, Yan Jin (金岩) over Shinichiro Sato (佐藤真一郎)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yan Jin (金岩)	8.51	9.84
2×2	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	1.77	3.09
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	34.49	37.44
5×5	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	1:08.89	1:11.61
3×3 blindfolded	Chuang Zhou (周闯)	30.56	—
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	13.63	14.15
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.45	4.82
Skewb	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	3.86	5.27

The PB harvest

59 set · 19 still standing

Haowei Wu (吴浩巍) — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Haowei Wu (吴浩巍) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.15: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Bolin Liu (刘博林) — 3×3 single 13.63: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Anjun Yu (于安君) — 3×3 single 13.97: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Ruoyu Xia (夏若愚) — 3×3 one-handed single 20.40: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
Xiang Li (李想) — 2×2 single 3.75: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
Huihui Zhou (周辉辉) — 2×2 single 3.81: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
Ruilin Liu (刘锐霖) — Pyraminx single 6.64: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

279 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

315 competitors · 990 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. Yan Jin (金岩) won it with a 9.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

315 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.