Competitions · China

Taizhou Open 2019

Taizhou, Zhejiang · 3 August 2019 · 8 events · 109 competitors · 106 personal bests

Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮) by 0.08 seconds. 109 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Minyang Shi (时旻扬) took a 2×2 single of 16.96 down to 5.16, 70 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮) over Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)	8.05	9.29
2×2	Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)	2.26	2.69
4×4	Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)	31.29	33.29
3×3 blindfolded	Minyang Shi (时旻扬)	38.52	—
3×3 one-handed	Aolin Tang (唐奥林)	13.02	14.18
Megaminx	Aolin Tang (唐奥林)	46.26	50.83
Pyraminx	Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮)	3.72	4.03
Skewb	Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮)	3.47	3.93

The PB harvest

106 set · 57 still standing

Jiajun Wu (吴佳骏) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.89: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮) — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Chong Feng (冯崇) — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Yujian Chen (陈宇坚) — 3×3 single 9.41: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Kai Song (宋凯) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.05: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Yujian Chen (陈宇坚) — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Lei Liu (刘磊) — Skewb single 3.38: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Minghao Yang (杨明豪) — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

109 competitors · 544 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. Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) won it with a 9.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.