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Competitions · China

Zhanjiang Open 2018

Zhanjiang, Guangdong · 26 August 2018 · 7 events · 82 competitors · 90 personal bests

Wei Luo (罗巍) won the 3×3 with a 10.24 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Wenjiang Bai (白文强) by 0.01 seconds. 82 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yaolian Lu (陆耀莲) took a Skewb single of 29.03 down to 11.91, 59 percent better in one day.

7
events decided
0.01s
closest final — Pyraminx, Wenjiang Bai (白文强) over Yanjing He (何彦憬)
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Wei Luo (罗巍)8.7910.24
2×2Xingyu Chen (陈星宇)2.293.88
4×4Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻)32.6435.75
5×5Tairan Zhong (钟泰然)1:05.751:14.01
3×3 one-handedZiwen Tao (陶子文)12.7515.30
PyraminxWenjiang Bai (白文强)3.604.80
SkewbRui Ma (马睿)2.803.33

The PB harvest

90 set · 44 still standing

First-timers

21 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

82 competitors · 340 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. Wei Luo (罗巍) won it with a 10.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.