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Competitions · China

Yunnan Open 2017

Kunming, Yunnan · 7 October 2017 · 10 events · 55 competitors · 51 personal bests

Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻) won two of the ten events (4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) by 0.71 seconds. 55 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jiahe Dai (戴嘉禾) took a Pyraminx single of 7.23 down to 3.44, 52 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻) — 4×4, Square-1
0.71s
closest final — 3×3, Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) over Xinyan Liu (刘心妍)
51
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐)7.8310.29
2×2Xinyan Liu (刘心妍)3.013.55
4×4Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻)35.5338.74
5×5Baiqiang Dong (董百强)1:16.861:22.28
3×3 blindfoldedZiyi Cong (丛子弋)59.48
3×3 one-handedHongyu Zhu (朱泓宇)15.8718.73
MegaminxJiahe Dai (戴嘉禾)59.381:02.23
PyraminxSiyu Wang (王思予)3.253.89
SkewbMo Ji (季默)3.114.29
Square-1Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻)11.1413.51

The PB harvest

51 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

55 competitors · 369 results · 10 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. Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) won it with a 10.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.