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Competitions · China

Shenzhen Open 2015

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 12 July 2015 · 9 events · 98 competitors · 86 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) by 0.31 seconds. 98 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 22.98.

Three wins
Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded
0.31s
closest final — Pyraminx, Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) over Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)8.049.35
2×2Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)3.213.78
4×4Weixing Zhang (张炜星)33.2435.04
5×5Weixing Zhang (张炜星)1:10.111:14.93
3×3 blindfoldedKaijun Lin (林恺俊)22.98
3×3 one-handedLeung Ka Ho (梁家浩)16.2818.42
PyraminxQingbin Chen (陈庆斌)3.895.09
SkewbMo Ji (季默)2.904.94
Square-1Junyue Liu (刘俊越)10.0117.60

The PB harvest

86 set · 19 still standing

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

98 competitors · 375 results · 9 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. Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won it with a 9.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.