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Hong Kong · 31 March 2024 · 6 events · 147 competitors · 166 personal bests

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) by 0.25 seconds. 147 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chan Sai Chong (陳世聰) set the 3×3 average national record: 8.46.

Two wins

Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — 3×3, 4×4

0.25s

closest final — 2×2, Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) over Chan Yau Hoi (陳佑愷)

166

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	5.86	7.32
2×2	Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修)	1.80	2.17
4×4	Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)	21.66	26.60
3×3 one-handed	Zehan Xue (薛泽韩)	9.67	12.69
Clock	Matthew Advani (歐卓禮)	3.59	4.62
Skewb	Tianze Xu (徐天泽)	2.57	3.38

The PB harvest

166 set · 47 still standing

Hayden Pan Tsun Pui (潘浚培) — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Liu Yik Yung (劉益融) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.65: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Chan Chun Hei (陳俊熙) — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Rinji Chan Pak Hei (陳柏熹) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.77: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Junyu Yi (易俊羽) — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Nathan Lap Chun Ling (凌立晉) — Skewb single 3.21: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Junhe Liao (廖俊和) — 3×3 single 9.67: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Tang Yui Chit (鄧睿哲) — 4×4 single 35.64: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

147 competitors · 579 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. Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) won it with a 7.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

147 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.