Competitions · China

Tangshan Open 2017

Tangshan, Hebei · 28 May 2017 · 7 events · 111 competitors · 102 personal bests

Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) by 0.11 seconds. 111 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jieqing Tian (田家庆) took a Pyraminx single of 32.18 down to 8.70, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.11s

closest final — Skewb, Yuhang Zhang (张宇航) over Zongyang Li (李宗阳)

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	8.25	9.16
2×2	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	1.63	2.39
4×4	Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)	30.77	36.96
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	33.27	—
3×3 one-handed	Jingzheng Wang (王景正)	15.98	16.74
Pyraminx	Jiachen Xu (徐嘉辰)	3.36	3.70
Skewb	Yuhang Zhang (张宇航)	3.31	4.18

The PB harvest

102 set · 36 still standing

Chenxi Chen (陈晨曦) — Pyraminx single 2.69: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Xiaobo Hou (侯晓博) — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏) — 4×4 single 32.21: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Chunxiao Li (李春啸) — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Shaowei Hou (侯少尉) — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Chunxiao Li (李春啸) — Pyraminx single 5.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Heyang Liu (刘赫阳) — 3×3 single 12.63: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Yunpeng Ji (季耘鹏) — 3×3 single 12.64: into the top 16.2% 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

111 competitors · 454 results · 7 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. Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) won it with a 9.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.