Competitions · Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023

Taoyuan · 11 November 2023 · 6 events · 143 competitors · 160 personal bests

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) by 0.00 seconds. 143 competitors produced 160 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Wei-Kai Lin (林維凱) took a Pyraminx single of 12.35 down to 5.22, 58 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.00s

closest final — Pyraminx, Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) over Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)

160

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	5.53	6.62
2×2	Wei-Chen Hsieh (謝維宸)	1.82	2.31
4×4	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	20.73	23.94
5×5	Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)	41.82	43.43
Pyraminx	Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘)	2.02	3.24
Skewb	Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)	1.52	2.27

The PB harvest

160 set · 41 still standing

Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) — 2×2 single 0.75: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) — 2×2 single 0.81: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Yu-Tse Lee (李侑澤) — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Yen-Chun Hua (華彥鈞) — 5×5 single 55.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Yu-Heng Chen (陳禹衡) — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
En-Te Chang (張恩德) — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Rui-Jun Liu (劉睿鈞) — Pyraminx single 3.08: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Chao-Chi Teng (鄧兆棋) — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

143 competitors · 1006 results · 6 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. Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) won it with a 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.