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Taipei · 19 December 2021 · 5 events · 77 competitors · 81 personal bests

Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) won two of the five events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ho Hsieh (謝合) by 0.07 seconds. 77 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuan-Cheng Chao (趙元成) took a 3×3 single of 34.19 down to 13.36, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) — 4×4, 5×5

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Ho Hsieh (謝合) over He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ho Hsieh (謝合)	7.56	8.13
4×4	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	27.86	29.04
5×5	Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)	46.28	50.89
3×3 one-handed	He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)	10.40	13.35
Skewb	Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)	2.49	3.53

The PB harvest

81 set · 16 still standing

Ho Hsieh (謝合) — 4×4 single 23.22: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
Ho Hsieh (謝合) — 5×5 single 48.25: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Yun-Rong Chiang (江昀容) — 4×4 single 29.42: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Yun-Rong Chiang (江昀容) — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Ho Hsieh (謝合) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.65: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Wan-Ying Chen (陳婉瑩) — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Yu-Hsien Huang (黃宇賢) — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Ting-Guang Chang (張廷光) — 3×3 single 10.17: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

77 competitors · 338 results · 5 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. Ho Hsieh (謝合) won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.