Competitions · China

Shenzhen Open 2019

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 21 September 2019 · 10 events · 266 competitors · 184 personal bests

Zijian Cai (蔡子健) won two of the ten events (3×3, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) by 0.07 seconds. 266 competitors produced 184 personal bests, 75 of which still stand today, and 115 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Timothy Kong Wing Sum (江永琛) set the Square-1 single national record: 6.29.

Two wins

Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — 3×3, Skewb

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌) over Ray Zhang (张灏睿)

184

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	7.06	7.31
2×2	Qingbin Chen (陈庆斌)	1.55	2.41
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	23.55	26.09
5×5	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	46.19	55.34
3×3 one-handed	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	11.90	14.04
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.17	4.84
Megaminx	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	38.41	42.11
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.96	2.54
Skewb	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	2.42	3.10
Square-1	Ruoxin Zhou (周若昕)	8.32	10.25

The PB harvest

184 set · 75 still standing

Junyue Liu (刘俊越) — Square-1 single 7.46: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Li Pak Him (李柏謙) — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Xianjing Wang (王先靖) — 2×2 single 1.84: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Zijie Xu (徐子杰) — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Xianjing Wang (王先靖) — Pyraminx single 3.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Chengpeng Zheng (郑成鹏) — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Ziye Wu (吴紫烨) — Pyraminx single 4.00: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Jiatian Li (李佳田) — 3×3 single 10.77: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

115 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

266 competitors · 1007 results · 10 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. Zijian Cai (蔡子健) won it with a 7.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

266 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.