Competitions · China

Shenyang Open 2018

Shenyang, Liaoning · 23 June 2018 · 7 events · 328 competitors · 159 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won six of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sheng Cao (曹晟) by 0.02 seconds. 328 competitors produced 159 personal bests, 79 of which still stand today, and 238 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuhan Gong (宫煜涵) took a 3×3 single of 1:02.34 down to 25.57, 59 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Sheng Cao (曹晟) over Weihao Kong (孔维浩)

159

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	7.73	9.77
2×2	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	2.73	3.52
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	31.17	34.70
7×7	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	2:50.63	2:56.11
3×3 blindfolded	Zhi Qiao (乔智)	32.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	11.48	12.62
Pyraminx	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	4.13	4.56

The PB harvest

159 set · 79 still standing

Hao Zhang (张昊) — 3×3 single 8.83: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Yao Hui (惠瑶) — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Jingang Wang (王金钢) — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Lanqing Feng (冯兰青) — Pyraminx single 4.27: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Zixin Li (李子鑫) — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — Pyraminx single 4.47: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Qiang Zhang (张强) — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Ping Guan (关平) — Pyraminx single 5.09: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

238 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

328 competitors · 1073 results · 7 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. Sheng Cao (曹晟) won it with a 9.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

328 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.