Competitions · China

Shenzhen Open 2024

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · 7 December 2024 · 5 events · 227 competitors · 174 personal bests

Zhen Chen (陈震) won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zhen Chen (陈震) by 0.12 seconds. 227 competitors produced 174 personal bests, 89 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yusheng Xie (谢宇昇) took a 2×2 single of 15.72 down to 4.92, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhen Chen (陈震) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 3×3, Zhen Chen (陈震) over Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)

174

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhen Chen (陈震)	4.91	5.78
2×2	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	1.31	1.43
4×4	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	23.31	24.07
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	9.37	10.01
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.19	1.51

The PB harvest

174 set · 89 still standing

Qingze Li (李庆泽) — 3×3 one-handed single 7.51: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Kangze Wang (王康泽) — 3×3 one-handed single 7.66: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Qingze Li (李庆泽) — 3×3 single 5.47: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓) — 2×2 single 0.85: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
Zehan Xue (薛泽韩) — 3×3 single 5.79: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Yucheng Yang (杨煜洆) — 3×3 single 6.42: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Zhanxiang Feng (冯湛翔) — 3×3 single 6.50: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
Yiheng Zhang (张以恒) — 3×3 single 7.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

227 competitors · 846 results · 5 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. Zhen Chen (陈震) won it with a 5.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

227 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.