Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taichung Open 2023

Taichung · 11 February 2023 · 6 events · 97 competitors · 119 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和) by 0.23 seconds. 97 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和) set the Square-1 single continental record: 5.14.

Three wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.23s

closest final — Square-1, Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和) over Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	5.61	6.39
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	21.50	24.41
3×3 blindfolded	Chih-Chuan Yang (楊智全)	24.26	—
3×3 one-handed	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	10.00	12.00
Pyraminx	Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥)	1.90	3.16
Square-1	Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)	5.14	7.68

The PB harvest

119 set · 28 still standing

He-Han Wu (吳和翰) — 3×3 single 6.28: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Cheng-Ying Lee (李承穎) — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
He-Han Wu (吳和翰) — 4×4 single 27.93: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Cheng-Yu Hsieh (謝承諭) — Square-1 single 9.32: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Tzu-Hsuan Wang (王姿喧) — 4×4 single 35.13: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Heng Liao (廖衡) — 3×3 single 9.85: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Po-An Lai (賴柏安) — 4×4 single 35.94: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 451 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. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 6.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.