Competitions · China

Weihai Open 2018

Weihai, Shandong · 12 May 2018 · 14 events · 186 competitors · 157 personal bests

Zhi Li (李志) won two of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) by 0.09 seconds. 186 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 90 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yihang Zhang (张易航) took a 2×2 single of 7.62 down to 3.11, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhi Li (李志) — 3×3, 2×2

0.09s

closest final — Skewb, Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) over Xingqi Chen (陈星奇)

157

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhi Li (李志)	7.86	9.01
2×2	Zhi Li (李志)	2.30	3.25
4×4	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	29.29	31.83
5×5	Zihan Zhang (张子涵)	59.75	1:05.64
6×6	Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬)	2:15.29	2:20.21
7×7	Alvin Yang	2:56.03	2:58.82
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	28.35	—
3×3 one-handed	Fubo Wang (王富博)	13.37	15.34
Megaminx	Chenxiao He (何辰骁)	46.71	49.12
Pyraminx	Jinlin Jiang (江锦林)	2.78	3.83
Skewb	Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)	5.32	6.52
Square-1	Zijia Feng (冯子甲)	8.02	8.84
4×4 blindfolded	Jiachi Han (韩佳池)	5:44.02	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	25 of 25 cubes · 52:38	—

The PB harvest

157 set · 70 still standing

Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Chenxiao He (何辰骁) — 3×3 single 8.10: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Zhenchuan Wang (王震川) — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Yuzhuo Zheng (郑钰卓) — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Zihao Wang (王子豪) — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Wenbo Song (宋文博) — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

90 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

186 competitors · 815 results · 14 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. Zhi Li (李志) won it with a 9.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.