Competitions · China

Shijiazhuang Open 2018

Shijiazhuang, Hebei · 10 June 2018 · 6 events · 150 competitors · 123 personal bests

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) by 0.39 seconds. 150 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Zongyang Li (李宗阳) set the Skewb single continental record: 1.11.

Three wins

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.39s

closest final — Pyraminx, Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) over Yining Yao (姚祎宁)

123

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	7.32	8.84
2×2	Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)	2.36	3.43
4×4	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	32.58	35.20
3×3 one-handed	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	12.55	14.75
Pyraminx	Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰)	2.50	3.04
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	1.50	3.10

The PB harvest

123 set · 60 still standing

Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — Skewb single 1.11: into the top 0.09% of the event's history.
Shixiong Xu (徐仕雄) — Skewb single 1.64: into the top 0.63% of the event's history.
Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) — Pyraminx single 1.90: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰) — Skewb single 1.88: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Guohua Chai (柴国华) — Skewb single 1.90: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Pengcheng Hu (户鹏程) — Skewb single 2.18: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — Skewb single 2.21: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Hang Li (李航) — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

150 competitors · 576 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. Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won it with a 8.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

150 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.