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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taichung Cube Open 2016

Taichung · 1 May 2016 · 8 events · 53 competitors · 84 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) by 0.31 seconds. 53 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) set the 4×4 single national record: 26.29.

Three wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.31s
closest final — 3×3, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
84
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)7.328.78
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)29.0532.06
5×5Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)54.081:00.64
7×7Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖)3:18.393:20.49
3×3 blindfoldedJia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)43.3245.62
3×3 one-handedYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)13.6515.24
SkewbKai-Wen Wang (王楷文)4.235.63
3×3 with feetYu-Huan Huang (黃宇瑍)48.0851.04

The PB harvest

84 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 312 results · 8 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. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 8.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.