Competitions · China

Weihai Open 2017

Weihai, Shandong · 30 April 2017 · 6 events · 138 competitors · 111 personal bests

Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏) won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) by 0.28 seconds. 138 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 76 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jingheng An (安敬恒) took a 2×2 single of 5.94 down to 1.97, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏) — 3×3, 4×4

0.28s

closest final — 2×2, Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) over Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏)	8.97	10.22
2×2	Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊)	3.04	3.64
4×4	Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏)	41.39	43.79
3×3 blindfolded	Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)	1:24.95	—
3×3 one-handed	Fubo Wang (王富博)	15.01	16.94
Pyraminx	Jinlin Jiang (江锦林)	3.79	4.47

The PB harvest

111 set · 53 still standing

Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Weihan Zhang (张巍瀚) — 2×2 single 2.45: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Jianfeng Li (李剑锋) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.41: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Shanmeng Dong (董杉萌) — Pyraminx single 4.38: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Jianfeng Li (李剑锋) — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Guang Zhao (赵广) — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

76 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

138 competitors · 503 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. Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏) won it with a 10.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.