Competitions · China

Wuhan University Open 2018

Wuhan, Hubei · 22 September 2018 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 45 personal bests

Antoine Cantin won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antoine Cantin by 0.39 seconds. 76 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yudong Wu (吴瑜栋) took a Pyraminx single of 13.64 down to 5.94, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Antoine Cantin — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.39s

closest final — 2×2, Antoine Cantin over Jiayu Wang (王佳宇)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antoine Cantin	6.71	8.01
2×2	Antoine Cantin	1.85	2.96
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	24.73	—
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	9.55	11.88
Pyraminx	Boxi Chen (陈博希)	2.97	3.09
Skewb	Zongyang Li (李宗阳)	2.67	3.28

The PB harvest

45 set · 20 still standing

Diwen Xu (许帝文) — 3×3 single 7.05: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Huafan Shi (史华帆) — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — Pyraminx single 4.29: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Huafan Shi (史华帆) — Skewb single 4.04: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Shenjie Zhu (朱申杰) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.14: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Can Cui (崔灿) — 3×3 single 13.18: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Jiyang Xu (徐继扬) — 2×2 single 3.41: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Yudong Wu (吴瑜栋) — Pyraminx single 5.94: into the top 19.5% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

76 competitors · 310 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. Antoine Cantin won it with a 8.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.