Competitions · China

Shenyang Open 2023

Shenyang, Liaoning · 17 December 2023 · 7 events · 183 competitors · 98 personal bests

Huining Huang (黄徽宁) won two of the seven events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Huining Huang (黄徽宁) by 0.14 seconds. 183 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 88 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Qianyuan Sui (隋芊缘) took a 3×3 single of 51.32 down to 14.67, 71 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Huining Huang (黄徽宁) — 3×3, Pyraminx

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Huining Huang (黄徽宁) over Heyu Fu (付荷语)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Huining Huang (黄徽宁)	7.00	7.37
3×3 blindfolded	Yifan Wang (王逸帆)	15.57	—
Megaminx	Dongzhe Li (李东哲)	38.12	40.98
Pyraminx	Huining Huang (黄徽宁)	1.32	1.71
4×4 blindfolded	Zhe Wang (王哲)	2:18.19	—
5×5 blindfolded	Sora Wenjie Xu (徐文杰)	4:20.63	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	42 of 59 cubes · 1:00:02	—

The PB harvest

98 set · 36 still standing

Mingxuan Wu (吴明轩) — 3×3 single 7.02: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Yixuan Han (韩懿轩) — 3×3 single 7.05: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Yongsheng Wang (王泳盛) — 3×3 single 7.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Shu Yang (杨恕) — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Sora Wenjie Xu (徐文杰) — 5×5 blindfolded single 4:20.63: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jianrong Chen (陈健荣) — Megaminx single 46.65: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Haotian Hu (胡皓天) — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Yimo Li (李羿默) — 3×3 single 8.88: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

88 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

183 competitors · 505 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. Huining Huang (黄徽宁) won it with a 7.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

183 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.