Competitions · China

Shijiazhuang Open 2019

Shijiazhuang, Hebei · 30 June 2019 · 6 events · 173 competitors · 147 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Yang Li (李扬) by 0.33 seconds. 173 competitors produced 147 personal bests, 79 of which still stand today, and 61 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zijun Li (李秭骏) took a 2×2 single of 7.57 down to 3.05, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3, 5×5

0.33s

closest final — 4×4, Yang Li (李扬) over Sheng Cao (曹晟)

147

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	7.69	8.46
2×2	Zhibo Jin (金智博)	1.86	2.59
4×4	Yang Li (李扬)	32.33	34.74
5×5	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	56.75	1:01.46
Pyraminx	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	2.70	3.13
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.28	2.82

The PB harvest

147 set · 79 still standing

Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙) — 3×3 single 7.12: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Haoze Liu (刘浩泽) — 3×3 single 8.88: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Yang Xue (薛阳) — 2×2 single 2.04: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Yang Xue (薛阳) — Skewb single 3.21: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Chengwei Lu (鲁城玮) — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Mingxuan Li (李明轩) — 3×3 single 9.73: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Di Lu (卢迪) — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Kezheng Chen (陈柯铮) — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

61 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

173 competitors · 621 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 8.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

173 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.