Competitions · China

Shenzhen Youth Open 2023

Shenzhen, Guangdong · 26 November 2023 · 3 events · 196 competitors · 95 personal bests

Yuzhe Wang (王语哲) won the 3×3 with a 6.11 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zijian Cai (蔡子健) by 0.08 seconds. 196 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 90 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Qiaoxu Cai (蔡乔旭) took a 2×2 single of 29.73 down to 9.05, 70 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Zijian Cai (蔡子健) over Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yuzhe Wang (王语哲)	5.05	6.11
2×2	Zijian Cai (蔡子健)	1.24	2.33
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.23	1.60

The PB harvest

95 set · 41 still standing

Zixi Li (李梓熙) — 3×3 single 6.10: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Huyang Zou (邹胡杨) — 3×3 single 6.32: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Ruikang Lu (陆瑞康) — 3×3 single 6.33: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Zixi Li (李梓熙) — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Yuzhe Wang (王语哲) — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Yuetong Zhu (朱玥曈) — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Yuetong Zhu (朱玥曈) — 3×3 single 7.93: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Zhichun Li (李志纯) — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

90 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

196 competitors · 513 results · 3 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. Yuzhe Wang (王语哲) won it with a 6.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

196 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.