Competitions · China

Tangshan Open 2016

Tangshan · 8 May 2016 · 8 events · 103 competitors · 112 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Hang Li (李航) by 0.06 seconds. 103 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) took a Skewb single of 12.71 down to 4.20, 67 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Hang Li (李航) over Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hang Li (李航)	10.07	10.45
2×2	Yunong Li (李雨浓)	2.64	3.50
4×4	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	37.50	39.34
5×5	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	1:06.22	1:10.79
3×3 blindfolded	Sheng Cao (曹晟)	52.81	—
3×3 one-handed	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	14.99	17.64
Pyraminx	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	4.41	5.06
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	3.30	3.82

The PB harvest

112 set · 34 still standing

Mingyan Liu (刘明琰) — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Yunong Li (李雨浓) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.47: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Chen Kang (亢晨) — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Dongyu Liu (刘东余) — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Yunong Li (李雨浓) — 4×4 single 38.94: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Sui Gao (高随) — 5×5 single 1:09.43: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Haikun Xu (徐海坤) — Pyraminx single 4.73: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Junyi Ren (任俊屹) — 3×3 single 11.59: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 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

103 competitors · 417 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. Hang Li (李航) won it with a 10.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.