Competitions · China

Taiyuan Winter 2018

Taiyuan, Shanxi · 22 December 2018 · 13 events · 161 competitors · 151 personal bests

Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂) won four of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Zongyang Li (李宗阳) by 0.08 seconds. 161 competitors produced 151 personal bests, 76 of which still stand today, and 76 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂) set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 13.73.

Four wins

Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.08s

closest final — Skewb, Zongyang Li (李宗阳) over Xiang Meng (孟响)

151

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	7.77	9.23
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	1.99	2.35
4×4	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	31.26	33.68
5×5	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	54.68	1:00.62
6×6	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	1:43.55	1:44.32
7×7	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	2:16.96	2:21.70
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	24.63	—
3×3 one-handed	Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂)	12.61	13.73
Clock	Young He (何嘉炀)	6.34	7.85
Pyraminx	Yi Wang (王旖)	2.55	3.34
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	1.83	2.90
Square-1	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	13.50	15.95
3×3 with feet	Chengming Su (苏成明)	26.17	35.85

The PB harvest

151 set · 76 still standing

Ziru Wu (武子入) — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Di Lu (卢迪) — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Yi Wang (王旖) — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Di Lu (卢迪) — Skewb single 3.54: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Jiaxuan Zhang (张佳轩) — 3×3 single 10.28: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Zihan Wang (王子涵) — Pyraminx single 4.48: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Xiang Meng (孟响) — Clock single 6.84: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Zehao Lu (陆泽昊) — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

76 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

161 competitors · 810 results · 13 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 9.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

161 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.