Competitions · China

Shijiazhuang Open 2017

Shijiazhuang, Hebei · 26 November 2017 · 6 events · 114 competitors · 82 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zongyang Li (李宗阳) by 0.02 seconds. 114 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙) took a Skewb single of 15.46 down to 4.21, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Zongyang Li (李宗阳) over Sheng Cao (曹晟)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	8.66	9.80
2×2	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	3.56	3.95
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	35.34	36.32
3×3 one-handed	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	11.84	15.36
Pyraminx	Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰)	2.21	4.39
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.42	3.18

The PB harvest

82 set · 24 still standing

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — Skewb single 2.35: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Shuai Liu (刘帅) — Pyraminx single 3.70: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Ruijie Yang (杨瑞杰) — 3×3 single 11.19: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Haotian Bai (白昊天) — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Jitao Zhu (朱继涛) — Skewb single 4.19: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙) — Skewb single 4.21: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Ziqi Wang (王子琦) — Pyraminx single 5.35: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Ruixiang Li (李瑞祥) — 3×3 single 13.06: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

114 competitors · 450 results · 6 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. Sheng Cao (曹晟) won it with a 9.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.