Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023

Kaohsiung · 18 June 2023 · 2 events · 243 competitors · 87 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won two of the two events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) by 0.24 seconds. 243 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 115 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

An Sheng Yang (楊安盛) took a 3×3 single of 42.81 down to 15.92, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 2×2

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) over Wei-Chen Hsieh (謝維宸)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	5.49	6.69
2×2	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	1.72	1.86

The PB harvest

87 set · 23 still standing

Jhih-Chi Yang (楊智期) — 3×3 single 6.99: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Chi-Chien Kao (高齊謙) — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Shu Ogawa (小川柊) — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Mu-Cheng Liu (劉牧承) — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Meng-Jia Li (李孟家) — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Xin-Xu Tu (凃信旭) — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Ding-Hong Ke (柯定紘) — 3×3 single 9.68: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Chih-Chuan Yang (楊智全) — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

115 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

243 competitors · 700 results · 2 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 6.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

243 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.