Competitions · China

WHUT Open 2018

Wuhan, Hubei · 9 December 2018 · 6 events · 81 competitors · 58 personal bests

Zibo Xu (徐子博) won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Zibo Xu (徐子博) by 0.76 seconds. 81 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zibo Xu (徐子博) set the 3×3 average national record: 6.55.

Two wins

Zibo Xu (徐子博) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.76s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Zibo Xu (徐子博) over Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	5.64	6.55
2×2	Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)	1.53	2.44
4×4	Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)	31.37	33.64
3×3 blindfolded	Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)	26.77	—
3×3 one-handed	Zibo Xu (徐子博)	11.99	13.00
Pyraminx	Huafan Shi (史华帆)	3.36	4.11

The PB harvest

58 set · 25 still standing

Simiao Huang (黄思淼) — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Yikang Chen (陈毅康) — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Chunhao Liu (柳春浩) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.10: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Mutian Peng (彭牧天) — Pyraminx single 4.23: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — 4×4 single 37.20: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Huafan Shi (史华帆) — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Yan Huang (黄衍) — 3×3 single 12.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

81 competitors · 337 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. Zibo Xu (徐子博) won it with a 6.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.