Competitions · China

Suzhou Open 2014

Suzhou, Jiangsu · 12 July 2014 · 7 events · 153 competitors · 143 personal bests

Lin Chen (陈霖) won two of the seven events (5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yang Li (李扬) by 0.27 seconds. 153 competitors produced 143 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xiao Hu (胡霄) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:59.12 down to 1:37.72, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Lin Chen (陈霖) — 5×5, 7×7

0.27s

closest final — 3×3, Yang Li (李扬) over Yongting You (尤永庭)

143

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yang Li (李扬)	8.61	9.75
2×2	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	1.94	2.67
4×4	Yongting You (尤永庭)	35.53	38.79
5×5	Lin Chen (陈霖)	1:03.05	1:14.51
7×7	Lin Chen (陈霖)	2:50.08	2:55.72
3×3 blindfolded	Yiqun Fan (樊轶群)	1:00.38	—
3×3 one-handed	Zhiwei Lin (林智玮)	12.53	14.42

The PB harvest

143 set · 43 still standing

Zhiwei Lin (林智玮) — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Yang Li (李扬) — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Jiaxi Wang (王嘉熙) — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Sixuan Lou (楼思玄) — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Tianyu Lu (卢天宇) — 3×3 single 9.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Jiaxin Hou (候家欣) — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Brandon Liu — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

153 competitors · 510 results · 7 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. Yang Li (李扬) won it with a 9.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

153 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.