Competitions · Malaysia

XMUM Cube Open 2023

Sepang, Selangor · 10 September 2023 · 7 events · 99 competitors · 147 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) by 0.02 seconds. 99 competitors produced 147 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Charles Chong Wen Jian took a 3×3 one-handed single of 59.21 down to 25.56, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) over Mohamad Adrian Syahirin Bin Mohd Faizal

147

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.86	4.97
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.99	1.14
4×4	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	28.61	31.12
3×3 blindfolded	Amir Al-Hakim Bin Suhaimi	39.36	—
3×3 one-handed	Kangze Wang (王康泽)	12.05	15.05
Pyraminx	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	1.72	3.42
Skewb	Eng Dickson (黄迪胜)	2.97	3.67

The PB harvest

147 set · 37 still standing

Isabelle Oan Yoong Ru — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Lai Chun Hoong — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Sam Tieh — Skewb single 3.31: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Kook Ming-Jo — Skewb single 3.51: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Andre Louis Ang Wei Ming — 4×4 single 36.99: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Sridaran Nair — 3×3 single 10.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Sheng Foon Kin — 4×4 single 38.03: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Koh Wei Peng — Skewb single 4.06: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

99 competitors · 581 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.