Competitions · China

Yancheng Open 2024

Yancheng, Jiangsu · 21 December 2024 · 6 events · 140 competitors · 133 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Tao Wen (温韬) by 0.01 seconds. 140 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) set the Pyraminx single continental record: 0.93.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.01s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Tao Wen (温韬) over Qingze Li (李庆泽)

133

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.83	4.85
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.82	1.13
3×3 one-handed	Tao Wen (温韬)	8.71	10.91
Clock	Yening Liu (刘烨宁)	3.80	4.05
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.12	1.65
Skewb	Zihao Qian (钱梓豪)	1.95	2.84

The PB harvest

133 set · 58 still standing

Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — 3×3 one-handed single 8.10: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Qingze Li (李庆泽) — Pyraminx single 1.62: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Boyang Sun (孙博洋) — 3×3 single 6.27: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Ziyan Meng (孟紫妍) — 3×3 single 7.15: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Shuduan Zhang (张书端) — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Yuting Meng (孟昱廷) — 3×3 single 7.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Zezhen Liu (刘泽震) — 3×3 single 7.50: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — Skewb single 2.27: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 625 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.