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Tianjin Winter Open 2015

Tianjin · 5 December 2015 · 6 events · 65 competitors · 59 personal bests

Sheng Cao (曹晟) won three of the six events (3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yongyi Xiong (熊永一) by 0.30 seconds. 65 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jinhao Zhang (张金浩) took a 2×2 single of 7.61 down to 2.65, 65 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Sheng Cao (曹晟) — 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1
0.30s
closest final — 2×2, Yongyi Xiong (熊永一) over Siyu Sun (孙思雨)
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰)9.4711.03
2×2Yongyi Xiong (熊永一)3.103.70
3×3 one-handedSheng Cao (曹晟)12.0915.50
MegaminxSheng Cao (曹晟)58.801:01.02
SkewbZongyang Li (李宗阳)3.874.09
Square-1Sheng Cao (曹晟)14.7518.73

The PB harvest

59 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

65 competitors · 263 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. Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) won it with a 11.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.