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Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taipei Open 2017

New Taipei City · 11 February 2017 · 6 events · 64 competitors · 66 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Yun-Yi Lin (林昀毅) by 0.31 seconds. 64 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) set the 5×5 average continental record: 53.94.

Three wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.31s
closest final — Pyraminx, Yun-Yi Lin (林昀毅) over Chun-Yu Yang (楊竣宇)
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)6.547.55
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)25.8031.60
5×5Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)52.2756.86
7×7Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)2:55.282:58.85
3×3 blindfoldedJia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)39.98
PyraminxYun-Yi Lin (林昀毅)2.863.76

The PB harvest

66 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 268 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.