Competitions · China

Wuhu Open 2018

Wuhu · 24 November 2018 · 7 events · 135 competitors · 92 personal bests

Antoine Cantin won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antoine Cantin by 0.24 seconds. 135 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 68 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) set the 3×3 single world record: 3.47.

Four wins

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

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Antoine Cantin over Sky Guo (郭建欣)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antoine Cantin	5.65	7.08
2×2	Antoine Cantin	2.12	3.14
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	26.14	29.99
3×3 blindfolded	Antoine Cantin	23.88	—
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	9.69	13.09
Pyraminx	Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)	1.82	2.87
3×3 with feet	Chengming Su (苏成明)	30.86	35.22

The PB harvest

92 set · 49 still standing

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — 3×3 single 3.47: into the top 0.0053% of the event's history.
Ziyue Wu (吴子玥) — Pyraminx single 2.15: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Jing Chen (陈憬) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.26: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Xiaohan Yan (闫小晗) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Jianxu Chen (陈建旭) — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Zihao Zhou (周子皓) — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Fan Meng (孟凡) — 3×3 single 9.97: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Qiyu Hou (侯启予) — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

68 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

135 competitors · 644 results · 7 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 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

135 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.