Competitions · China

Weihai Open 2019

Weihai, Shandong · 6 April 2019 · 18 events · 189 competitors · 225 personal bests

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) won three of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yezhen Han (韩业臻) by 0.02 seconds. 189 competitors produced 225 personal bests, 122 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhewen Luo (罗喆文) took a 2×2 single of 8.18 down to 2.67, 67 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Yezhen Han (韩业臻) over Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)

225

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yezhen Han (韩业臻)	7.56	8.41
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	1.79	2.31
4×4	Weihao Kong (孔维浩)	30.39	35.42
5×5	Zihan Zhang (张子涵)	1:02.18	1:04.90
6×6	Zihan Zhang (张子涵)	1:55.61	2:04.59
7×7	Chen Yang (杨宸)	3:29.11	3:31.93
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	23.15	23.80
3×3 Fewest Moves	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	32 moves	33.67
3×3 one-handed	Zhi Li (李志)	12.49	13.81
Clock	Yikuan Kan (阚亦宽)	8.57	9.09
Megaminx	Chenxiao He (何辰骁)	40.37	44.83
Pyraminx	Xingkai Yin (尹星凯)	2.03	2.70
Skewb	Peixuan Shi (时培轩)	3.36	4.63
Square-1	Zhenyu Wang (王振宇)	8.92	10.41
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:35.33	1:39.52
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	5:27.89	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖)	42 of 52 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Chengming Su (苏成明)	27.61	30.42

The PB harvest

225 set · 122 still standing

Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — 2×2 single 1.15: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Chen Yang (杨宸) — 3×3 single 9.55: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Xingqi Chen (陈星奇) — Skewb single 3.40: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Zihao Wang (王子豪) — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Bowen Xiao (肖博文) — Pyraminx single 4.29: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Zhewen Luo (罗喆文) — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Wentan Zhang (张文坦) — Pyraminx single 4.64: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Xuezhi Zhang (张学智) — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

189 competitors · 1006 results · 18 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. Yezhen Han (韩业臻) won it with a 8.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

189 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.