Competitions · China
Taiyuan Open 2017
Taiyuan, Shanxi · 7 May 2017 · 9 events · 87 competitors · 93 personal bests
Bo Wang (王擘) won four of the nine events (2×2, 5×5, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Bo Wang (王擘) by 0.04 seconds. 87 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Songli He (何松丽) took a Skewb single of 26.70 down to 7.73, 71 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) | 9.07 | 9.28 |
| 2×2 | Bo Wang (王擘) | 2.08 | 2.72 |
| 4×4 | Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) | 32.81 | 34.21 |
| 5×5 | Bo Wang (王擘) | 1:00.31 | 1:03.41 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) | 1:10.75 | 1:21.01 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Chenying Pei (裴琛英) | 14.81 | 15.63 |
| Clock | Zijia Feng (冯子甲) | 6.10 | 8.00 |
| Pyraminx | Bo Wang (王擘) | 4.06 | 5.76 |
| Skewb | Bo Wang (王擘) | 5.15 | 6.34 |
The PB harvest
93 set · 37 still standing- Bo Wang (王擘) — 3×3 single 6.45: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — 5×5 single 1:06.05: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
- Hao Du (杜昊) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.80: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
- Hao Du (杜昊) — 3×3 single 11.40: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — 4×4 single 39.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
- Yucheng Shi (石煜程) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.32: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
- Mingzhe Yuan (袁明哲) — 5×5 single 1:23.11: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
- Xuankai Lin (蔺玄凯) — 3×3 single 15.22: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
35 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
87 competitors · 362 results · 9 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. Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) won it with a 9.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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R2 D2 B R2 B2 U2 F' U2 F' R' D' R' F2 L D2 B2 F R2 B' D - 2
F D2 F U2 F' L2 D2 B' D2 L2 U F' D2 B' D2 L D' F2 U' F L' - 3
L' D2 L' B' R' L F2 U' L' F' B' D' L2 F2 B2 D B2 U2 R2 - 4
R2 D2 B F' U2 B' L2 R2 D2 F D' B' L U F2 D L U' B' D - 5
U' D2 F2 R2 L U' R' U' L F D R2 B2 D2 F' U2 L2 D2 B
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
87 competitors- Binyu Xu (徐彬寓)
- Bo Wang (王擘)
- Boxuan Guo (郭博轩)
- Boying Li (李博莹)
- Chaoyuan Zhang (张超远)
- Chenying Pei (裴琛英)
- Chuanzhe Cheng (程传哲)
- Dasheng Zhao (赵达升)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Fanyuanhang Yang (杨帆远航)
- Fengyan Liu (刘风砚)
- Fujie Shi (石富杰)
- Gang Liu (刘罡)
- Guannan Xue (薛冠南)
- Hao Du (杜昊)
- Hao Wang (王浩)
- Haocheng Zhang (张浩成)
- Haoqiang Zheng (郑浩强)
- Hongda Li (李洪达)
- Hongxin Dai (戴宏鑫)
- Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇)
- Jiacheng Yin (殷嘉程)
- Jianjun Li (李建军)
- Jiawei Niu (牛佳伟)
- Jiehao Guo (郭家豪)
- Jiongguang Ji (冀炯光)
- Junqi Miao (苗峻绮)
- Junxuan Liu (刘俊轩)
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
- Lindong Zhang (张林栋)
- Liwen Xu (许力文)
- Meixi Gao (高美熙)
- Miao Wu (吴淼)
- Mingmin Zhang (张明敏)
- Mingzhe Yuan (袁明哲)
- Minxi Liu (刘敏曦)
- Penghui Lü (吕鹏辉)
- Qiang Wu (武强)
- Rui Li (李睿)
- Shan Wang (王珊)
- Shaowei Hou (侯少尉)
- Shihao Liu (刘仕豪)
- Shuhe Wang (王舒禾)
- Shuying Chen (陈淑颖)
- Songli He (何松丽)
- Tina Xiangyan Jin (金香延)
- Weichen Wang (王炜琛)
- Weihao Zhang (张炜昊)
- Wenqian Zheng (郑文乾)
- Wenyu Yao (要文宇)
- Wuzhang Zhu (朱武章)
- Xiao Wang (王笑)
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)
- Xiaobo Zhao (赵晓波)
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)
- Xiaoyuan Liu (刘校源)
- Xinhang Zhang (张心航)
- Xinyue Liu (刘欣悦)
- Xiulian Li (栗秀连)
- Xuankai Lin (蔺玄凯)
- Yaxuan Li (李亚轩)
- Yichao Liu (刘艺超)
- Yifan Zhao (赵一凡)
- Yilin Miao (苗宜琳)
- Yiyi Xing (邢祎祎)
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)
- Yongzhe Mao (毛勇喆)
- Yu Yang (杨煜)
- Yuanzhen Zhi (智远震)
- Yucheng Shi (石煜程)
- Yuhong Gong (弓宇弘)
- Yun Qin (秦芸)
- Yunlong Tian (田云龙)
- Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟)
- Yuxin Gao (高淯鑫)
- Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱)
- Zhendong Guo (郭振东)
- Zhichen Zhao (赵智宸)
- Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远)
- Zhongxian Fan (范忠先)
- Zihan Wang (王子涵)
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲)
- Zijing Liu (刘子敬)
- Zikang Yang (杨子康)
- Ziru Wu (武子入)
- Ziyan Yin (殷梓嫣)
- 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.