Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taiwan Championship 2019

New Taipei City · 13 December 2019 · 18 events · 207 competitors · 300 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ho Hsieh (謝合) by 0.10 seconds. 207 competitors produced 300 personal bests, 124 of which still stand today, and 49 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ruei-Ying Huang (黃睿穎) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 24 moves.

Three wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Ho Hsieh (謝合) over Yan-Hung Lai (賴彥宏)

300

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	6.67	7.01
2×2	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	1.70	2.46
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	25.27	27.13
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	44.32	49.68
6×6	Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)	1:33.99	1:42.88
7×7	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	2:33.04	2:41.21
3×3 blindfolded	Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)	22.45	27.02
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ruei-Ying Huang (黃睿穎)	24 moves	24.67
3×3 one-handed	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	10.84	11.57
Clock	Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)	5.64	6.56
Megaminx	Chun-Yu Yang (楊竣宇)	42.04	43.08
Pyraminx	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	1.99	3.83
Skewb	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	2.09	2.96
Square-1	Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)	8.54	9.24
4×4 blindfolded	Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)	3:13.10	3:27.77
5×5 blindfolded	Li-Wei Wu (吳立偉)	19:32.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ko Youngjin (고영진)	11 of 18 cubes · 55:51	—
3×3 with feet	Lim Hung (林弘)	20.46	22.50

The PB harvest

300 set · 124 still standing

Ho Hsieh (謝合) — Pyraminx single 1.99: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Pei-Tso Ko (柯沛佐) — 3×3 single 7.11: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Shek Ho Hin (石灝軒) — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — Square-1 single 8.30: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Su-Yu Huang (黃蘇毓) — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ruei-Ying Huang (黃睿穎) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ruei-Ying Huang (黃睿穎) — Pyraminx single 3.14: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Chi-Jui Tsai (蔡其叡) — 3×3 single 8.98: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

49 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

207 competitors · 1680 results · 18 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 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

207 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.