Competitions · China
Taiyuan Winter Open 2016
Taiyuan, Shanxi · 20 November 2016 · 8 events · 76 competitors · 51 personal bests
Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) by 0.27 seconds. 76 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟) took a Pyraminx single of 19.13 down to 9.73, 49 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) | 8.52 | 10.02 |
| 2×2 | Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱) | 3.03 | 3.63 |
| 5×5 | Bo Wang (王擘) | 1:05.10 | 1:09.76 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Xiaobo Hou (侯晓博) | 1:12.27 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) | 13.83 | 16.68 |
| Clock | Zhengjun Lin (林正俊) | 6.51 | 7.93 |
| Pyraminx | Bo Wang (王擘) | 3.37 | 6.05 |
| Skewb | Xun Zhao (赵洵) | 4.90 | 5.76 |
The PB harvest
51 set · 19 still standing- Bo Wang (王擘) — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
- Yifei Kang (康逸飞) — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- Chunwei Qiao (乔春玮) — 3×3 single 11.37: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
- Jiawei Niu (牛佳伟) — 3×3 single 12.41: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
- Jiarui Song (宋嘉瑞) — 3×3 single 12.52: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
- Jiawei Niu (牛佳伟) — 3×3 one-handed single 19.51: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
- Yongqi Tian (田永奇) — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
- Xiaobo Hou (侯晓博) — 3×3 one-handed single 24.54: into the top 33.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
29 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
76 competitors · 286 results · 8 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 10.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D' R2 U' L2 F2 D2 L2 B' D' L U' R2 U' B' U2 R F2 L' - 2
F' U2 B R2 F' U2 B R2 D2 L2 D2 U B' R' B2 F' D' L' U' L U2 - 3
F D2 B L' U' R F2 D' R B2 U B2 R2 D2 F B U2 D2 - 4
B2 D' L2 D F2 L2 U L B2 R D2 R' D F U' B' D R' U' - 5
U2 L2 D B2 U2 B2 R2 U R2 B2 U R D' U' R B' L D R F
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solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
76 competitors- Baiqiang Dong (董百强)
- Bo Wang (王擘)
- Boxuan Guo (郭博轩)
- Boyang Qu (曲博扬)
- Boying Li (李博莹)
- Chunwei Qiao (乔春玮)
- Dasheng Zhao (赵达升)
- Di Lu (卢迪)
- Donglei Li (李冬雷)
- Fubo Wang (王富博)
- Gang Liu (刘罡)
- Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰)
- Hang Li (李航)
- Heyang Liu (刘赫阳)
- Hongda Li (李洪达)
- Hongxin Dai (戴宏鑫)
- Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹)
- Jiacheng Yin (殷嘉程)
- Jiale Yang (杨家乐)
- Jiali Zhu (朱佳丽)
- Jianjun Li (李建军)
- Jianlin An (安建林)
- Jiarui Song (宋嘉瑞)
- Jiawei Niu (牛佳伟)
- Jimeng Guo (郭冀蒙)
- Jing Wu (吴静)
- Jinyi Ye (叶瑾怡)
- Junqi Miao (苗峻绮)
- Liangtao Song (宋粱涛)
- Lütu Yang (杨吕图)
- Peilin Liu (刘沛林)
- Qichen Ge (葛祺琛)
- Qiyu Hou (侯启予)
- Ruichao Yang (杨睿超)
- Ruiguo Yang (杨瑞国)
- Ruijie Yang (杨瑞杰)
- Shaojie Guo (郭绍捷)
- Shengli Zhao (赵胜利)
- Shuhe Wang (王舒禾)
- Songli He (何松丽)
- Wanting Cao (曹宛婷)
- Weichen Wang (王炜琛)
- Wenfeng Tian (田文峰)
- Wenqian Zheng (郑文乾)
- Xiaobo Hou (侯晓博)
- Xiaobo Zhao (赵晓波)
- Xinhang Zhang (张心航)
- Xinyu Zhang (张鑫宇)
- Xuankai Lin (蔺玄凯)
- Xuejiao Shao (邵雪娇)
- Xun Zhao (赵洵)
- Yangshuo Xiong (熊阳硕)
- Ye Bai (白烨)
- Yifei Kang (康逸飞)
- Yihai Li (李艺海)
- Yikang Xie (谢轶康)
- Yiming Luo (罗一鸣)
- Yongqi Tian (田永奇)
- Yongxing Hou (侯永兴)
- Yuliang Xiao (肖宇亮)
- Yulin Sun (孙玉麟)
- Yun Qin (秦芸)
- Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟)
- Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱)
- Yuzhe Wang (王毓喆)
- Zetong Zheng (郑泽同)
- Zeyuan Ren (任泽远)
- Zhenghao Song (宋政豪)
- Zhengjia Wu (武峥嘉)
- Zhengjun Lin (林正俊)
- Zhiyuan Liao (廖智远)
- Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊)
- Zhongxian Fan (范忠先)
- Ziru Wu (武子入)
- Ziyu Wang (王子于)
- Zongxin Liu (刘宗鑫)
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.