Competitions · China
Taiyuan Open 2016
Taiyuan, Shanxi · 5 June 2016 · 7 events · 65 competitors · 47 personal bests
Zijia Feng (冯子甲) won three of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zijia Feng (冯子甲) by 0.14 seconds. 65 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Haibo Sui (隋海波) took a Clock single of 36.18 down to 9.76, 73 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) | 8.64 | 11.01 |
| 2×2 | Zijia Feng (冯子甲) | 1.91 | 3.77 |
| 4×4 | Zijia Feng (冯子甲) | 35.87 | 38.04 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Fubo Wang (王富博) | 15.30 | 18.28 |
| Clock | Qiyu Hou (侯启予) | 6.98 | 7.85 |
| Pyraminx | Zijia Feng (冯子甲) | 5.04 | 6.67 |
| Skewb | Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍) | 3.55 | 6.91 |
The PB harvest
47 set · 11 still standing- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
- Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍) — Skewb single 3.55: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
- Jianan Qin (秦嘉楠) — 3×3 single 11.53: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
- Ruichao Yang (杨睿超) — 3×3 single 11.76: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
- Jianan Qin (秦嘉楠) — 3×3 one-handed single 18.54: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
- Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍) — 3×3 single 14.11: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
- Haibo Sui (隋海波) — Clock single 9.76: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
- Jianan Qin (秦嘉楠) — 4×4 single 52.97: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
30 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
65 competitors · 266 results · 7 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. Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) won it with a 11.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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F2 U2 R2 D2 R U2 R B2 L R2 B' U2 L R D' R' F L2 U - 3
R2 B L' U2 R U' R D' L' F' D' L2 F' B' L2 D2 B' L2 U2 L2 - 4
R' U2 B2 F2 L F2 U2 F2 R' D R D' F2 D B' D2 B2 D2 R - 5
U F2 U F2 L2 U' B2 L2 D2 F' R' F' D L' D R2 D R' F R'
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Race this final
Everyone who competed
65 competitors- Chenying Pei (裴琛英)
- Conghaowen Zhang (张璁颢文)
- Dane Christianson
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Enze Guo (郭恩泽)
- Fan Liu (刘璠)
- Fubo Wang (王富博)
- Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰)
- Haibo Sui (隋海波)
- Hao Du (杜昊)
- Haocheng Zhang (张浩成)
- Hongda Li (李洪达)
- Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇)
- Jiacheng Yin (殷嘉程)
- Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾)
- Jianan Qin (秦嘉楠)
- Jianjun Li (李建军)
- Jiaqi Liu (刘家琦)
- Jiarui Song (宋嘉瑞)
- Jiawei Niu (牛佳伟)
- Jiexing Zhang (张杰星)
- Jinbao Yang (杨金宝)
- Jinbiao Ban (班金彪)
- Jing Jia (贾婧)
- Jingxian Niu (牛婧娴)
- Jinlin Dou (窦金麟)
- Jinze Li (李金泽)
- Junqi Miao (苗峻绮)
- Kai Ma (马开)
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
- Ke Wang (王珂)
- Lei Qiu (邱蕾)
- Liwen Xu (许力文)
- Qianchuan Gui (桂黔川)
- Qiyu Hou (侯启予)
- Ruichao Yang (杨睿超)
- Ruiguo Yang (杨瑞国)
- Shaojie Guo (郭绍捷)
- Songli He (何松丽)
- Tianwei Wang (王天伟)
- Tianyu Zhang (张天宇)
- Weibo Wu (吴蔚波)
- Weichen Wang (王炜琛)
- Xianguang Liu (刘贤光)
- Xiaoyuan Liu (刘校源)
- Xingyu Jiang (姜星宇)
- Xinwei Zhou (周欣伟)
- Yichao Liu (刘艺超)
- Yifan Han (韩逸凡)
- Yifan Zhao (赵一凡)
- Yimeng Cao (曹一萌)
- Yu Yang (杨煜)
- Yucheng Shi (石煜程)
- Yue Zhang (张越)
- Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟)
- Yushuai Wu (武宇帅)
- Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍)
- Zhen Xu (续振)
- Zhengjia Wu (武峥嘉)
- Zhou Xu (徐舟)
- Zihan Wang (王子涵)
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲)
- Zixuan Qi (齐梓轩)
- Ziyu Li (李子裕)
- Ziyu Wang (王子于)
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.